Usually means: Temporary halt to active hostilities.
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  1. ceasefire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. ceasefire: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. ceasefire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  7. ceasefire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. CeaseFire (organization), Ceasefire (M*A*S*H), Ceasefire (disambiguation), Ceasefire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. ceasefire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  11. ceasefire: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of cease-fire [In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).]

Similar:
truce, armistice, disarmament, demilitarisation, hostilities, treaty, intifadah, denuclearisation, counteroffensive, rapprochement, more...

Opposite:
hostilities, fighting, conflict, war, aggression

Types:
armistice, truce, ceasefire agreement, temporary ceasefire, permanent ceasefire, bilateral ceasefire, more...

Phrases:
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Operation Ceasefire, Global ceasefire, honor a ceasefire, more...

Adjectives:
immediate, unilateral, temporary, first, permanent, new, day, formal, second, month, general

Colors:
    white,     olive,     sky blue,     sand,     taupe, more...



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Similar:
truce, armistice, disarmament, demilitarisation, hostilities, treaty, intifadah, denuclearisation, counteroffensive, rapprochement, more...

Opposite:
hostilities, fighting, conflict, war, aggression

Types:
armistice, truce, ceasefire agreement, temporary ceasefire, permanent ceasefire, bilateral ceasefire, more...

Phrases:
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Operation Ceasefire, Global ceasefire, honor a ceasefire, more...

Adjectives:
immediate, unilateral, temporary, first, permanent, new, day, formal, second, month, general

Colors:
    white,     olive,     sky blue,     sand,     taupe, more...



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