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armistice

[ahr-muh-stis] / ˈɑr mə stɪs /
NOUN
peace-establishing agreement
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South Korean Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul previously said on Tuesday that the blasts were a "clear" violation of the 1953 armistice, which halted active combat in the Korean War.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It vowed to take "corresponding measures" for what it said was a violation of a decades-old armistice.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It is a preliminary assessment from a joint investigation with the United Nations Command, which enforces the armistice that ended the active hostilities of the 1950-53 Korean War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Lee has also said he is ready for talks with Pyongyang without preconditions, including on formally ending the Korean War, which concluded with an armistice.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Bill had eaten at the restaurant in 1918, and right after the armistice, and Madame Lecomte made a great fuss over seeing him.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

By November the central powers had been forced to sign the armistices that brought the fighting to a close in the west.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It was the first time a German leader had returned to the spot where both World War I and World War II armistices were concluded.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2018

Stuffing his script into his pocket, Harry Truman added that he wanted to give the reporters a lecture on fake stories about cease-fires and armistices.

From Time Magazine Archive

So often had New Yorkers been fooled by false armistices that they were unable to believe the strike had ended until the now-unfamiliar dailies were there on the newsstands.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the fall of Calais a succession of armistices or truces suspended hostilities for about six years.

From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous




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