peace treaty

noun

: an agreement to stop fighting a war

Examples of peace treaty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fighting in the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, and a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas. Reuters, NBC News, 11 July 2024 Israeli proposals for the return of the refugees at the 1949 Rhodes and Lausanne armistice conferences were rejected by the Arabs because of their requirement of a peace treaty granting Arab recognition of Israel. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024 Technically the two Koreas remain at war – an armistice ended the Korean War that split the peninsula in 1953 but no formal peace treaty was ever signed. Gawon Bae, CNN, 1 July 2024 Egyptian officials have warned that moving Palestinians into Egypt would threaten the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that is four decades old. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for peace treaty 

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“Peace treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20treaty. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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