peacekeepingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpiːsˌkiː.pɪŋ/us/ˈpiːsˌkiː.pɪŋ/the activity of preventing war and violence, especially using armed forces not involved in a disagreement to prevent fighting:
a peacekeeping force/mission
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- conflagration
- crusade
- hostile
- militarism
- militarist
- pacific
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- the Great War
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
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Peace
peacekeeper
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpiːsˌkiː.pər/us/ˈpiːsˌkiː.pɚ/
U.N. peacekeepers were brought in to the troubled area.