as in truce
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days
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Recent Examples of armistice
Veterans Day in some form or another has existed since the first anniversary of the 1918 armistice.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
But Evans took the possibility seriously enough to sign the pledge and hold a press conference with his one-time Libertarian opponent to announce their armistice.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
South Korea and North Korea remain technically at war after an armistice agreement brought the Korean War to a close in 1953.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Ukraine could, for example, withdraw its troops from particular areas without making any formal territorial concessions, creating an unrecognized but indefinite line of separation, like the one that followed the Korean armistice, in 1953, or the division of Berlin, during the Cold War.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
But Evans took the possibility seriously enough to sign the pledge and hold a press conference with his one-time Libertarian opponent to announce their armistice.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
South Korea and North Korea remain technically at war after an armistice agreement brought the Korean War to a close in 1953.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Ukraine could, for example, withdraw its troops from particular areas without making any formal territorial concessions, creating an unrecognized but indefinite line of separation, like the one that followed the Korean armistice, in 1953, or the division of Berlin, during the Cold War.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armistice
Noun
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The day the truce was announced, Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes, killing more than 300 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Many issues could derail the truce and the negotiations aimed at making a broader deal to stop the fighting permanently.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The ceasefire is already fragile.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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An abrupt increase with lasting impacts The ceasefire reached earlier this week stemmed some fears that the conflict could drastically deepen or even come to a resolution sooner than later.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Armistice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armistice. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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