truce
noun
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
truceless
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a word derived from
truce.
Example Sentences
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Behind the premises in Mearns Street lay a tract of slums, full of mischievous boys, with whom his staff waged truceless war.
From Huntingtower by John Buchan
"The Arctics hawk-up their haunted heart, and raucous, spue; and north-winds, wawling calls, outstart, to droop anew; the clouds like scouts updart, depart, and truceless do, and droop anew."
From The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
But chiefly was his displeasure turned against the ranks of the monastic orders, and against them he waged a truceless and unrelenting warfare.
From Barlaam and Ioasaph by Saint John of Damascus
Well knew those wise men that what they long apprehended had come now to pass, namely, the fierce and truceless antagonism of the King and of the ex-King.
From The Coming of Cuculain by Standish O'Grady
It means truceless war against the spirit of selfishness, against everything that tends to drag us down, against the law of sin in our own members.
From Religious Reality by A. E. J. (Alfred Edward John) Rawlinson
