armistice
an official agreement to stop fighting in a war for a time.
a formal agreement between opposing sides in a war to stop fighting, usually temporarily and often so that peace talks can take place.
a temporary stop to an argument or competition.
a temporary agreement or understanding to stop an argument, rivalry, or other non-military conflict.
- Base: armistice
- Plural: armistices
armistice day
1November 11 remembrance day
a day on November 11 that remembers the end of fighting in World War I and honors people who died in wars.
- The town holds a ceremony on Armistice Day every year.
- Armistice Day marks the end of major fighting in World War I on November 11, 1918.
- Many people wear poppies around Armistice Day.
- Armistice Day is on November 11.
- People remember soldiers on Armistice Day.
armistice line
1Post-armistice demarcation line
a line that separates enemy forces after they agree to stop fighting.
- Troops withdrew to positions behind the armistice line.
- The armistice line became a heavily guarded frontier.
- Villages near the armistice line remained under military control.
- The soldiers stayed behind the armistice line.
- The armistice line divided the two forces.
call an armistice
1agree to stop conflict
to decide to stop fighting or arguing for a while.
- The warring factions called an armistice to allow aid convoys through.
- Can we call an armistice and finish the project together?
- The candidates effectively called an armistice during the national emergency.
- They called an armistice and stopped arguing.
- Let’s call an armistice for today.
the armistice
1World War I ceasefire
the agreement that stopped the fighting in World War I in 1918.
- The Armistice was signed in a railway carriage in northern France.
- After the Armistice, soldiers and civilians faced the long process of rebuilding.
- The museum has letters written in the weeks before the Armistice.
- The Armistice happened in 1918.
- The Armistice stopped the fighting in World War I.