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Definition of armistice in English: armisticenoun ˈɑːmɪstɪsˈɑrməstəs An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. 停战协议；休战协议 the Italian government signed an armistice with the Allies Example sentencesExamples - North and South Korea remain in a state of armistice with no peace agreement signed at the end of the war.
- The north responded to the news by threatening to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
- November 1918 was an armistice, but the war didn't end officially until the peace treaty in June 1919.
- He was influential in promoting the armistice agreement for Angola and independence for East Timor from Indonesia.
- What the Palestinians are demanding now as their rightful inheritance was there for the taking after the armistice agreement in 1948.
- Both sides agreed to an armistice to bury the dead and collect the wounded.
- In September 1943, when the Italians signed an armistice, he escaped and reached safety in Switzerland.
- News of the armistice had reached the troops but the actual order to cease fire was still on the way to the front.
- The battle for civilisation is not going to end with an armistice or some form of negotiated settlement.
- Exactly 85 years ago the armistice was signed ending at the end of the Great War, the bloodiest conflict in history.
- Such a development would end the 1953 armistice agreement and accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the peninsula.
- He claims that in most respects the terms of the armistice provided the foundations of those of the peace treaty.
- Hard-liners on both sides have been stepping up calls to abandon the armistice.
- The fighting lasted until July 27 1953 when an armistice was signed.
- In March 1940, he led the delegation that negotiated with Molotov for an armistice and peace settlement.
- French armies stormed to victory in Spain and Savoy, and by the end of 1794, tired of continual war, the Austrians signed an armistice.
- An armistice was signed at Compiègne in November 1918; fighting at once stopped.
- Pétain made the most of this emotion to restore order quickly and to secure peace through the armistice.
- Lenin immediately asked the German High Command for an armistice, and in December both sides met to discuss peace terms at Brest-Litovsk.
- Unfortunately, the war, which resulted in an armistice and not a peace treaty, was not the end of the problem.
Synonyms truce, ceasefire, suspension of hostilities, cessation of hostilities, peace break, respite, lull, moratorium treaty, peace treaty informal let-up
OriginEarly 18th century: from French, or from modern Latin armistitium, from arma 'arms' (see arm2) + -stitium 'stoppage'. Definition of armistice in US English: armisticenounˈɑrməstəsˈärməstəs An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. 停战协议；休战协议 the Italian government signed an armistice with the Allies Example sentencesExamples - He was influential in promoting the armistice agreement for Angola and independence for East Timor from Indonesia.
- November 1918 was an armistice, but the war didn't end officially until the peace treaty in June 1919.
- Lenin immediately asked the German High Command for an armistice, and in December both sides met to discuss peace terms at Brest-Litovsk.
- Pétain made the most of this emotion to restore order quickly and to secure peace through the armistice.
- North and South Korea remain in a state of armistice with no peace agreement signed at the end of the war.
- He claims that in most respects the terms of the armistice provided the foundations of those of the peace treaty.
- What the Palestinians are demanding now as their rightful inheritance was there for the taking after the armistice agreement in 1948.
- Hard-liners on both sides have been stepping up calls to abandon the armistice.
- Both sides agreed to an armistice to bury the dead and collect the wounded.
- In September 1943, when the Italians signed an armistice, he escaped and reached safety in Switzerland.
- The north responded to the news by threatening to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
- News of the armistice had reached the troops but the actual order to cease fire was still on the way to the front.
- Unfortunately, the war, which resulted in an armistice and not a peace treaty, was not the end of the problem.
- An armistice was signed at Compiègne in November 1918; fighting at once stopped.
- Exactly 85 years ago the armistice was signed ending at the end of the Great War, the bloodiest conflict in history.
- The battle for civilisation is not going to end with an armistice or some form of negotiated settlement.
- French armies stormed to victory in Spain and Savoy, and by the end of 1794, tired of continual war, the Austrians signed an armistice.
- In March 1940, he led the delegation that negotiated with Molotov for an armistice and peace settlement.
- The fighting lasted until July 27 1953 when an armistice was signed.
- Such a development would end the 1953 armistice agreement and accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the peninsula.
Synonyms truce, ceasefire, suspension of hostilities, cessation of hostilities, peace
OriginEarly 18th century: from French, or from modern Latin armistitium, from arma ‘arms’ (see arm) + -stitium ‘stoppage’. |