peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpēs-ˌkē-piŋ 
: the preserving of peace
especially
: international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities
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The peacekeeping mission, known as UNIFIL, did not say who was responsible for the deaths overnight and into Monday.
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Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
The deaths mark the second fatal incident in two days involving the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, a peacekeeping force established in 1978 and which later monitored cessation of hostilities between the two nations.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Of the State Department money, officials pulled $1 billion from international disaster assistance; $200 million from peacekeeping operations; and $50 million from international organizations and programs, the person familiar with the funding said.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Milshtein took that argument further, saying Hamas sees the model less as a peacekeeping mission than as a version of the Hezbollah-UNIFIL arrangement in Lebanon.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
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Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
The deaths mark the second fatal incident in two days involving the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, a peacekeeping force established in 1978 and which later monitored cessation of hostilities between the two nations.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Of the State Department money, officials pulled $1 billion from international disaster assistance; $200 million from peacekeeping operations; and $50 million from international organizations and programs, the person familiar with the funding said.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Milshtein took that argument further, saying Hamas sees the model less as a peacekeeping mission than as a version of the Hezbollah-UNIFIL arrangement in Lebanon.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for peacekeeping
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“Peacekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacekeeping. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpē-ˌskē-piŋ
: the enforcing of a truce between countries or groups by an international military force
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