ceasefire
noun
cease·fire
ˈsēs-ˈfi(-ə)r 
variants
or less commonly cease-fire
plural ceasefires also cease-fires
1
: a military order to cease firing
2
: a suspension of active hostilities
Examples of ceasefire in a Sentence
the two armies declared a ceasefire for the holiday
Recent Examples on the Web
Israel closed its airspace on June 13 — with full operations resuming after the 12 days of conflict concluded following a ceasefire deal brokered by President Donald Trump.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
Israel continued to pound Gaza even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a second meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss a ceasefire.
—semafor.com, 9 July 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington meeting Trump as Gaza ceasefire discussions continue.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Moscow has hammered Ukraine with large-scale missile and drone strikes in recent weeks, ramping up its assaults despite U.S.-brokered ceasefire negotiations rumbling on.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Speaking to reporters Monday, Mr. Trump expressed confidence that there will be a ceasefire with Hamas soon.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 July 2025
To entertain a short, albeit deceptive ceasefire on American terms would contradict the urgency of that false story, and risk undermining the skimpy morale of his troops, whose lives his commanders often fritter away in brutal, frontal assaults.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Trump has had a good summer thus far, with the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a good June jobs report, a potential Mideast ceasefire, the decline in border crossing, and the signing of this bill.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The Knesset, Israel’s legislature, is soon to go on a three-month recess, making a two-month ceasefire more palatable to Netanyahu, who won’t have to fear that any concession will lead to the hard right orchestrating his downfall.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 8 July 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
Israel continued to pound Gaza even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a second meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss a ceasefire.
—semafor.com, 9 July 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington meeting Trump as Gaza ceasefire discussions continue.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Moscow has hammered Ukraine with large-scale missile and drone strikes in recent weeks, ramping up its assaults despite U.S.-brokered ceasefire negotiations rumbling on.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Speaking to reporters Monday, Mr. Trump expressed confidence that there will be a ceasefire with Hamas soon.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 July 2025
To entertain a short, albeit deceptive ceasefire on American terms would contradict the urgency of that false story, and risk undermining the skimpy morale of his troops, whose lives his commanders often fritter away in brutal, frontal assaults.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Trump has had a good summer thus far, with the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a good June jobs report, a potential Mideast ceasefire, the decline in border crossing, and the signing of this bill.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The Knesset, Israel’s legislature, is soon to go on a three-month recess, making a two-month ceasefire more palatable to Netanyahu, who won’t have to fear that any concession will lead to the hard right orchestrating his downfall.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 8 July 2025
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“Ceasefire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ceasefire. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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