truce

noun

\ ˈtrüs

Definition of truce

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a suspension of fighting especially of considerable duration by agreement of opposing forces : armistice, cease-fire

2 : a respite especially from a disagreeable or painful state or action

truce

verb

truced; trucing

Definition of truce (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to make a truce

transitive verb

: to end with a truce

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Examples of truce in a Sentence

Noun There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months. both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun After more than seven years of civil war, there’s now a truce, but infrastructure like water tanks, roads and bridges are significantly damaged, and famine is spreading. — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 7 June 2022 President Joe Biden welcomed the truce renewal and stressed that ending the war in Yemen has been a priority of his administration. — Noha Elhennawy, ajc, 2 June 2022 After a messy incident at a state dinner, the Alex and Henry decide to call a truce — one that leads to a high-stakes and heady romantic entanglement. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 1 June 2022 But their long truce came to a shattering end last week, when a state court imposed a significant revision on New York’s congressional map. — New York Times, 30 May 2022 For now, the truce between the FCC and telecom companies, on one side, and the FAA and aviation companies, on the other, is holding. — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 26 May 2022 Post-Reformation Europe had forced Catholicism and Protestantism into an uncertain truce, with Enlightenment ideas of tolerance banishing spiritual beliefs to the private sphere while public life focussed on politics. — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 His appeals for an Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine went unheeded. — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 4 May 2022 His appeal for a four-day truce during the Orthodox Holy Week was rejected by Moscow, which characterized it as a ruse to allow Ukraine’s military to rest and regroup. — WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022 See More

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