armistice
noun
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce.
armistices
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pluralof armistice.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was the first time a German leader had returned to the spot where both World War I and World War II armistices were concluded.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2018
So often had New Yorkers been fooled by false armistices that they were unable to believe the strike had ended until the now-unfamiliar dailies were there on the newsstands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stuffing his script into his pocket, Harry Truman added that he wanted to give the reporters a lecture on fake stories about cease-fires and armistices.
From Time Magazine Archive
“What then?” inquired Mr. Garth, who was an Englishman and knew not days, except those on which university matches were to be played or races run or armistices celebrated.
From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay
No one dared to prophesy what might happen if the state of political uncertainty and industrial stagnation, which existed under the armistices, continued.
From The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative by Robert Lansing
