cease-fire
Noun
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Noun
cease-fire (plural cease-fires)
- In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).
- The rebels agreed to a ceasefire while the peace talks were underway.
- French: cessez-le-feu, trêve
- German: Waffenstillstand, Feuerpause
- Italian: cessate il fuoco, armistizio
- Portuguese: cessar-fogo, armistício, trégua
- Russian: прекраще́ние огня́
- Spanish: alto el fuego, armisticio, tregua
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