as in armistice
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of truce
Dissatisfied with the pseudo truce, the mob boss gives Harry alternative orders to squash the beef between the families once and for all.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaching the truce.
—Reuters, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The second phase was meant to pave the way to an end to the war, although the truce disintegrated when Israeli forces resumed airstrikes on Gaza.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
The developments come less than two weeks after the breakdown of a temporary truce, after which Israel resumed its air and ground campaigns in the enclave.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaching the truce.
—Reuters, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The second phase was meant to pave the way to an end to the war, although the truce disintegrated when Israeli forces resumed airstrikes on Gaza.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
The developments come less than two weeks after the breakdown of a temporary truce, after which Israel resumed its air and ground campaigns in the enclave.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for truce
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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