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armistice

noun
🔊/ˈɑːmɪstɪs/
🔊/ˈɑːrmɪstɪs/
 [singular]
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  1. a formal agreement during a war to stop fighting and discuss making peace休战；停战；休战条约；停战协定 synonym ceasefire
    • The armistice was signed on 4 December.停战协定于12月4日签署。
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    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + armistice
    • ask for
    • call for
    • seek
    • …
    preposition
    • armistice with
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, or from modern Latin armistitium, from arma ‘armour, arms’ + -stitium ‘stoppage’.