to break an armistice (a truce)

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• truce — [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,… …   New thesaurus

• Armistice 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… …   Wikipedia

• truce — 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,… …   English dictionary for students

• truce — 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• armistice — 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,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• truce — 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 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• lull — 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;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• international 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… …   Universalium

• HISTORICAL 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… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• 1948 Arab–Israeli War — 1948 Arab Israeli War Part of 1948 Palestine war Ca …   Wikipedia

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium