truce
noun
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
truceless
-
a word derived from
truce.
Example Sentences
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Disregarding the dying counsels of Augustus, Rome remains at truceless war with the world outside those limits.
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)
It means a truceless war against low ideals and tolerated evils in the world about us.
From Religious Reality by Rawlinson, A. E. J. (Alfred Edward John)
But all the rest, We men, will still go armour-girt, until We wrest from this our truceless war a peace That shall not shame us!
From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders
He wages a truceless war with the evil powers of darkness, and guards his faithful soldiers against the craft of the enemy.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
The Knights of Malta, with their attitude of truceless war against the infidel, were thus becoming more and more of an anachronism as time went on.
From Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 by Cohen, R.
