peace offensive
noun
an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
Origin of peace offensive
1First recorded in 1915–20
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How to use peace offensive in a sentence
So it was a crooked Kamerad cry, a peace offensive intended to sing us to sleep, that Germany launched in September, 1918.
America's War for Humanity | Thomas Herbert RussellFloyd Gibbons was the first to sound the alarm of the danger of the German peace offensive.
"And they thought we wouldn't fight" | Floyd Gibbons
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