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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ceasefire
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ceasefire agreement (=a temporary agreement to stop fighting)
▪ A ceasefire agreement was signed between the government and the rebels.
a ceasefire violation
▪ Each side accused the other of ceasefire violations.
call for a ceasefire (=for an end to a war)
▪ The United Nations called for an immediate ceasefire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
immediate
▪ Prospects for diplomatic initiatives - US-Soviet statement Amid renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire there were reports of continued diplomatic initiatives.
unilateral
▪ The dynamite was split between Eta, then nominally observing a unilateral ceasefire, and the Bretons.
■ NOUN
agreement
▪ Armando Guebuza, expressed the hope that a comprehensive ceasefire agreement would follow shortly.
violations
▪ Each side repeatedly accused the other of ceasefire violations.
■ VERB
agree
▪ Taylor had consistently made it known that he would not agree to a ceasefire until Doe had resigned and left the country.
call
▪ On 1 November Sukarno was called in and a ceasefire arranged.
▪ The Security Council plan called for an initial ceasefire followed by phased disarmament.
▪ The Kazakh-brokered agreement had called for a ceasefire along the border between the two former Soviet republics.
▪ They called for a ceasefire in the region and for access for humanitarian aid deliveries.
implement
▪ Najibullah proposed that a referendum be held in both government and mujaheddin-controlled areas to determine whether a ceasefire should be implemented.
▪ Significant progress was nevertheless achieved in May, when the factions agreed to begin implementing a temporary ceasefire.
monitor
▪ Onusal was also to monitor any future ceasefire in the 11-year civil war.
observe
▪ The dynamite was split between Eta, then nominally observing a unilateral ceasefire, and the Bretons.
sign
▪ The 15,000-strong rebel group has participated in peace talks with President Andres Pastrana but has refused to sign a ceasefire.
▪ He also referred to a government proposal to sign a ceasefire on April 15.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a ceasefire between the warring forces in the south
▪ Both leaders signed the ceasefire agreement.
▪ So far no one has violated the three-day ceasefire.
▪ The ceasefire won't last unless both sides are prepared to compromise.
▪ The government had failed in numerous attempts to achieve a ceasefire through negotiation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In February a ceasefire was established after King Hassan met Polisario leaders for the first time.
▪ In Northern Ireland the loyalist ceasefire is under scrutiny after bombs were planted at sports grounds.
▪ It flares on, despite countless local ceasefires, occasional truces and the efforts of the world to get it stopped.
▪ Polisario announced that its forces had begun to relocate in the assembly areas allocated to them for the period of the ceasefire.
▪ The ceasefire came into effect throughout the country at midnight.
▪ The ceasefire was still intact at the end of February, despite intermittent shooting and shelling.
Wiktionary
ceasefire

n. In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

Wikipedia
Ceasefire

A ceasefire (or truce) is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be declared as part of a formal treaty, but they have also been called as part of an informal understanding between opposing forces. A ceasefire is usually more limited than a broader armistice, which is a formal agreement to end fighting. Successful ceasefires may be followed by armistices, and finally by peace treaties.

Ceasefire (M*A*S*H)

"Ceasefire" is the twenty-third episode of the first season of the American television series M*A*S*H. It originally aired on March 18, 1973.

Ceasefire (disambiguation)

A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage during a war or other armed conflict.

Ceasefire may also refer to:

  • Ceasefire Canada, an organization established to persuade Canadian politicians to oppose the War in Afghanistan and to promote peace
  • "Cease Fire" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2003 episode of the television program Star Trek: Enterprise
  • "Ceasefire" (M*A*S*H), a 1973 episode of the television program M*A*S*H
  • Operation Ceasefire, a youth gun violence intervention strategy
  • CeaseFire (organization), anti-violence program, now known as Cure Violence
  • Operation Ceasefire (guns-for-tickets program), a gun buy-back program from the early 1990s
  • Cease Fire (1953 film), a 3D film about the Korean War
  • Cease Fire (1985 film), a 1985 drama film starring Don Johnson
  • Cease Fire (2006 film), an Iranian film directed by Tahmineh Milani
  • "Cease Fire", a song by Christina Aguilera from Lotus
  • Ceasefire, a quarterly magazine based in Nottingham

Usage examples of "ceasefire".

And the ranks of harquebusiers kept up a slow but steady fire into the smoke until the prince had the cornets sound the ceasefire.

On numerous other occasions since 1991, the United States has justified taking military action against Iraq on the basis of Iraqi violations of the terms of the ceasefire resolution, although initially we preferred to have the Security Council recognize those Iraqi breaches before taking action.

We had a good spot on a they signed a peace accord and ceasefire and all that happy curve in the road.

Maria said they defeated the PDF and there's a ceasefire, and now that everyone in the capital of Indizal's so happy, they fired their guns in the air, accidentally killing sixteen people.

Truces, little ceasefires in our never-ending war, times of surprising warmth and compassion.

Almost fifteen years of war—numerous betrayals of ceasefires on both sides.

After all the weeks and months, and those final devasting broadsides before Nelson had ordered a ceasefire and had declared a truce, the Cornish landscape had affected Bolitho and his companions deeply.

Then, in the silence of the temporary ceasefire, he heard what sounded like a car horn blaring in the distance.

Should Luden Macks break the ceasefire the Eldacre men would be unable to fight for more than a day.

Now as then the Arab broadcasts boast of huge successes, and now as then, the noncommittal Israeli reports are a strategic deception, he is certain, to stave off a UN ceasefire while Zahal mops up the enemy.