CEASE-FIRE Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

ceasefire

noun

ˈsēs-ˈfi(-ə)r

variants also cease-fire

Definition of ceasefire

as in truce

a temporary stopping of fighting The two armies declared a ceasefire for the holiday.

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Recent Examples of ceasefire Zelensky did not mention the ceasefire in Oleshky during a remote appearance at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank. — Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Ukraine’s top ⁠negotiator, David Arakhamia, said on Telegram that the humanitarian operation would start ⁠once a ceasefire was in place. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 Its mandate also changed to include monitoring the ceasefire and documenting its violations, coordinating with Lebanon’s military and functioning as the only direct communication channel between the Lebanese and Israeli militaries. — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026 Kyiv has also ended its brief adherence to the energy ceasefire Trump declared unilaterally earlier this month. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ceasefire

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Noun

Late last month, Washington and Beijing extended their tariff truce first brokered last fall, which now runs through January 2027 alongside $30 billion in tariff cuts on both sides.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Oman had offered a five-day truce during which the two sides would meet and settle their dispute, Abdulsalam said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of truce

Noun

The line was drawn up under the 1953 armistice that stopped the fighting of the Korean War, and some decades-old boundary markers have been lost over time.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The two countries are separated by the Demilitarized Zone that was established when the Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953.

— Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of armistice

Noun

At the end of September, leaders of several of the biggest AI companies went to the White House and signed an accord committing to internal risk controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of safety.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Anthropic's Amodei signed the accord, as did top executives at Google, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceX and Nvidia.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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