to break an armistice (a truce)
1truce — [n] peaceful solution accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather*, ceasefire, cessation, de escalation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch*, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite,… …
2Armistice of villa Giusti — The Armistice of villa Giusti ended warfare between Italy and Austria Hungary on the Italian Front during World War I. The armistice was signed on November 3 1918 in the Villa Giusti and was to take effect 24 hours later.During the Battle of… …
3truce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. armistice, peace, respite, delay; cessation, lull. See pacification. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. armistice, peace agreement, respite, lull, amnesty, treaty of peace, terms, suspension of arms, pause,… …
4truce — Synonyms and related words: Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, abeyance, accord, agreement, armistice, break, breather, breathing spell, buffer zone, caesura, cease fire, compact, cooling off period, day off, de escalation, demilitarized zone,… …
5armistice — n 1. truce, cease fire, white flag, Mil. flag of truce. 2. reprieve, respite, rest, lull; interval, intermission, pause, stay, hitch, break, hiatus; stoppage, halt, cessation, stop; suspension, discontinuance, interruption, recess, abeyance,… …
6truce — n 1. cease fire, armistice, suspension of hostilities. 2. treaty, agreement, compact, pact, Rare. paction. 3. respite, reprieve, relief, freedom; rest, break, breather, lull, Inf. letup, remission …
7lull — v 1. put to sleep, rock, rock to sleep, cradle, gentle, lullaby; hypnotic, mesmerize, drug, narcotize, sedate, anesthetize, put under, Sl. dope. 2. soothe, quiet, hush, still, silence; calm, compose, smooth, becalm, dulcify, subdue, quell;… …
8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
9HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
101948 Arab–Israeli War — 1948 Arab Israeli War Part of 1948 Palestine war Ca …
