as in armistice
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of truce
The conflict, which has raged on despite a truce brokered by the United States and Qatar, has sparked a huge humanitarian crisis, with at least 7 million people displaced.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
The conflict, which has raged on despite a truce brokered by the United States and Qatar, has sparked a huge humanitarian crisis, with at least 7 million people displaced.
—Ruth Alonga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Aoun called for a new initiative, backed by the international community, which would establish a truce between Israel and Lebanon while helping the Lebanese armed forces disarm Hezbollah and confiscate its weaponry.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
But the task for Edwards and his players is clear — to preserve the delicate truce between club and fans that meant they were spared the kind of hostility which, just a few weeks ago, would have rained down upon them.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
The conflict, which has raged on despite a truce brokered by the United States and Qatar, has sparked a huge humanitarian crisis, with at least 7 million people displaced.
—Ruth Alonga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Aoun called for a new initiative, backed by the international community, which would establish a truce between Israel and Lebanon while helping the Lebanese armed forces disarm Hezbollah and confiscate its weaponry.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
But the task for Edwards and his players is clear — to preserve the delicate truce between club and fans that meant they were spared the kind of hostility which, just a few weeks ago, would have rained down upon them.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
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The South, which remains technically at war — the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty — with the North, isn’t standing by.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Korean Peninsula has been divided ever since a brutal war between the North and South ended with an armistice agreement in 1953.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
14 Nov. 2025
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Hezbollah entered the war on March 2 with a barrage of missiles against Israel, breaking the fragile November 2024 ceasefire.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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That followed a report from Iranian state TV's English-language broadcaster quoting an anonymous official as saying Iran rejected America's ceasefire proposal and has its own demands for an end to the fighting.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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