armisticenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɑː.mɪ.stɪs/us/ˈɑːr.mə.stɪs/a formal agreement between two countries or groups at war to stop fighting for a particular time, especially to talk about possible peace:
A two-week armistice has been declared between the rival factions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stopping fighting
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarize
- disengage
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- lay sth down
- pacify
- pullout
- surrender
- sword
- truce