Ceasefire
noun
An order or agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time.
The warring parties have agreed to a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid through.
Often appears as...
- announce a ceasefire
- call for a ceasefire
noun
An order or agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time.
The warring parties have agreed to a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid through.
Often appears as...
- announce a ceasefire
- call for a ceasefire
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Nature
A ceasefire means the fighting stops temporarily, but it could resume if not resolved.
The ceasefire gave villagers a brief period of peace.
Pro Tip 2/3Negotiation Result
Ceasefires often result from negotiations and aim to create a space for further talks.
The ceasefire was a step towards lengthy peace negotiations.
Pro Tip 3/3Humanitarian Relief
Ceasefires are sometimes implemented to allow aid to reach civilians in conflict areas.
The UN negotiated a ceasefire to deliver food and medicine.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Nature
A ceasefire means the fighting stops temporarily, but it could resume if not resolved.
The ceasefire gave villagers a brief period of peace.
Pro Tip 2/3Negotiation Result
Ceasefires often result from negotiations and aim to create a space for further talks.
The ceasefire was a step towards lengthy peace negotiations.
Pro Tip 3/3Humanitarian Relief
Ceasefires are sometimes implemented to allow aid to reach civilians in conflict areas.
The UN negotiated a ceasefire to deliver food and medicine.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Nature
A ceasefire means the fighting stops temporarily, but it could resume if not resolved.
The ceasefire gave villagers a brief period of peace.
Pro Tip 2/3Negotiation Result
Ceasefires often result from negotiations and aim to create a space for further talks.
The ceasefire was a step towards lengthy peace negotiations.
Pro Tip 3/3Humanitarian Relief
Ceasefires are sometimes implemented to allow aid to reach civilians in conflict areas.
The UN negotiated a ceasefire to deliver food and medicine.
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Video examples
Eradicating the Guinea...
went there and negotiated for quite a while with the south and north and finally agreed on a ceasefire just so that we could do away with guinea worm both in the north and south and they still call it the guinea worm ceasefire but but they quit fighting for more than six months that reminds me of you you read about it was in the first world war
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Jeremy Gilley: One day...
this idea to create the first ever day of ceasefire and non-violence -- we invited thousands of people. Well not thousands -- hundreds of people, lots of people -- all the press, because we were going to try and create the first ever World Peace Day, a peace day. And we invited everybody, and no press showed up.
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On being a woman and a...
and I was an instructed ambassador and the ceasefire had been translated into a series of sanctions resolutions and my instructions were to say perfectly terrible things about Saddam Hussein constantly which he deserved he had invaded another country and so all of a sudden a poem appeared in the papers in
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How data helps us...
losers went on a rampage not wanting to believe they really lost and actually ushered in the worst period of the war some two years long of absolute nightmare dangling people every time you hear that angelic sound are those chimes that ceasefire negotiations peace talks
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James Robertson: The...
all the way to death some one and a half million horses died in the Civil War not one of them was ever given a decent burial now the civil war did not end with the ceasefire at Appomattox over 700,000 vacant shafts stood around
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How Syria's architecture...
My husband and I used to run an architecture studio in the old town main square. It's gone, as is most of the old town itself. Half of the city's other neighborhoods are now rubble. Since the ceasefire in late 2015,
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The political power of...
So for the past three years, we've been working on two Ceasefire and Advance Peace, where we give these guys as much attention, as much love from social services, from opportunities, from tattoo removals,
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A vision for the future...
criticizing him for making peace and he said he said you're making peace with your enemies he said isn't the best way of turning the enemies into friends so first is the the story of ceasefire of
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Combating Darfur...
ceasefire really mean the Sudanese government and rebels are in final negotiations for a peace accord that would put an end to a two decade long civil war between the predominantly
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
he's active evaluating your every moment and movement which is very very cool so anyway he'd saw me and it put itself sort of in its ceasefire position right in front of me
Video examples
Eradicating the Guinea...
went there and negotiated for quite a while with the south and north and finally agreed on a ceasefire just so that we could do away with guinea worm both in the north and south and they still call it the guinea worm ceasefire but but they quit fighting for more than six months that reminds me of you you read about it was in the first world war
Video examples
Jeremy Gilley: One day...
this idea to create the first ever day of ceasefire and non-violence -- we invited thousands of people. Well not thousands -- hundreds of people, lots of people -- all the press, because we were going to try and create the first ever World Peace Day, a peace day. And we invited everybody, and no press showed up.
Video examples
On being a woman and a...
and I was an instructed ambassador and the ceasefire had been translated into a series of sanctions resolutions and my instructions were to say perfectly terrible things about Saddam Hussein constantly which he deserved he had invaded another country and so all of a sudden a poem appeared in the papers in
Video examples
How data helps us...
losers went on a rampage not wanting to believe they really lost and actually ushered in the worst period of the war some two years long of absolute nightmare dangling people every time you hear that angelic sound are those chimes that ceasefire negotiations peace talks
Video examples
James Robertson: The...
all the way to death some one and a half million horses died in the Civil War not one of them was ever given a decent burial now the civil war did not end with the ceasefire at Appomattox over 700,000 vacant shafts stood around
Video examples
How Syria's architecture...
My husband and I used to run an architecture studio in the old town main square. It's gone, as is most of the old town itself. Half of the city's other neighborhoods are now rubble. Since the ceasefire in late 2015,
Video examples
The political power of...
So for the past three years, we've been working on two Ceasefire and Advance Peace, where we give these guys as much attention, as much love from social services, from opportunities, from tattoo removals,
Video examples
A vision for the future...
criticizing him for making peace and he said he said you're making peace with your enemies he said isn't the best way of turning the enemies into friends so first is the the story of ceasefire of
Video examples
Combating Darfur...
ceasefire really mean the Sudanese government and rebels are in final negotiations for a peace accord that would put an end to a two decade long civil war between the predominantly
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
he's active evaluating your every moment and movement which is very very cool so anyway he'd saw me and it put itself sort of in its ceasefire position right in front of me
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Quote examples
Martin McGuinness
Irish Politician
The people who were marching at Peggy O'Hara's funeral gave the impression they were associated with the INLA, which is supposed to be on ceasefire and to have decommissioned some of their weapons. I ask if they could have honoured her in a more dignified way.
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David Ignatius
American Journalist
Middle Eastern wars rarely end with outright victory and permanent stability, so the word 'settlement' may promise too much. At best, for many years, it may simply mean stable ceasefire lines, reduced bloodshed, fewer refugees, and less terrorism.
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Jan Egeland
Norwegian Public Servant
Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.
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Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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Gordon Brown
British Politician
What is happened in the years since the Second World War is not a temporary truce. It is not simply a ceasefire. Instead of battling with weapons and armaments, people battle only with arguments and ideas.
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Jeremy Gilley
English Actor
Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated.
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Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved.
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Ehud Olmert
Israeli Politician
If the Gaza ceasefire proves stable, Israel will not remain in the Strip.
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Martin McGuinness
Irish Politician
The people who were marching at Peggy O'Hara's funeral gave the impression they were associated with the INLA, which is supposed to be on ceasefire and to have decommissioned some of their weapons. I ask if they could have honoured her in a more dignified way.
Quote examples
David Ignatius
American Journalist
Middle Eastern wars rarely end with outright victory and permanent stability, so the word 'settlement' may promise too much. At best, for many years, it may simply mean stable ceasefire lines, reduced bloodshed, fewer refugees, and less terrorism.
Quote examples
Jan Egeland
Norwegian Public Servant
Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.
Quote examples
Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
Quote examples
Gordon Brown
British Politician
What is happened in the years since the Second World War is not a temporary truce. It is not simply a ceasefire. Instead of battling with weapons and armaments, people battle only with arguments and ideas.
Quote examples
Jeremy Gilley
English Actor
Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated.
Quote examples
Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
Quote examples
Hillary Clinton
American Politician
When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved.
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Ehud Olmert
Israeli Politician
If the Gaza ceasefire proves stable, Israel will not remain in the Strip.
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