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 She was credited with brokering the ceasefire to allow those trapped in Oleshky to leave. — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026 The case concerns the Israeli military’s bombing of a residential building in Beirut on November 26, 2024, just a few hours before a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah was due to come into effect. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026 The complaint centers on the Israeli military’s bombing of a residential building in Beirut’s Noueiri neighborhood, just hours before a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah was set to take effect. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Local ceasefire expires in Oleshky, Kherson The alleged cyberattacks come as Russia and Ukraine continue to trade strikes on each other's territories and infrastructure. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ceasefire

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Noun

But the truce between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending a war that had cost millions of lives and embroiled almost every country and region on Earth.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2026
More than 1,570 Palestinians have been killed since the truce began, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, bringing the war's overall death toll to more than 74,500.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of truce

Noun

But the official end had come six hours earlier, when an armistice was signed at 5 am local time in a railway carriage in the forest of Compiègne near Paris.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2026
Hays was discharged soon after the armistice that ended World War I.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of armistice

Noun

Next week, the women head to Bethany Beach, Wendy and Stacey’s on-again/off-again dynamic kicks back up, and the Eileen Davidson accords are finally lifted.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
The Eastern Libyan parliament approved the maritime accord in mid-October.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

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