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ceasefire

British  

noun

  1. a period of truce, esp one that is temporary and a preliminary step to establishing a more permanent peace on agreed terms

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interjection

  1. the order to stop firing

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Several rounds of negotiations between Pakistan and Afghanistan last year followed a ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey.

From Barron's

Four months into a fragile ceasefire in war-torn Gaza, most of the more than two million population relies on aid – for food, medical care and water.

From BBC

"Just from our experience in our clinics, while we've seen the reduction in numbers of children coming in with malnutrition, we haven't seen those improvements at the pace and scale you would have thought we'd seen them during a ceasefire."

From BBC

A fragile ceasefire followed, but the negotiations failed to bring about a ceasing of hostilities between the two sides.

From BBC

Bush ordered a ceasefire effective at midnight and declared victory in the Persian Gulf War.

From The Wall Street Journal

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