armistice
IPA: ˈɑrmʌstʌs
noun
- A (short) cessation of combat; a cease-fire, a truce.
- A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
- The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.
- Alternative letter-case form of Armistice (“the armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I”) [The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.]
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Examples of "armistice" in Sentences
- The armistice expired on the 24th.
- The airfield was closed after the armistice.
- The armistice officially ended the fighting.
- The eagle and the turkey have declared armistice.
- The north and the south were in a temporary armistice.
- Germans were in Czechoslovakia by the time of the armistice.
- At the time of the Armistice, the Scots Greys were at Avesnes.
- The war did not end for everyone with the signing of the armistice.
- After the Armistice at the end of 1918 the German soldiers withdrew.
- The armistice was in 1918, with the Treaty of Versailles the following year.
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