TRUCE Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

truce

noun

ˈtrüs

Definition of truce

as in armistice

a temporary stopping of fighting both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve

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Recent Examples of truce The official readouts otherwise did not make much headway on major issues, beyond agreeing to keep talking and extending a trade truce — which keeps tariffs lower and rare earths flowing — for another two months. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 Wang expects the trade truce to get extended again next year, noting China has a strong preference for external stability before the Communist Party’s 21st Congress next autumn. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 The two leaders extended a trade truce and agreed to establish an AI hotline between the two countries. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 The State Department has accused both Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, of failing to make serious commitments to an immediate truce. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for truce

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The command later determined that the North violated the armistice agreement that ended fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The zone is a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of armistice

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One year after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, Israel continues to launch near-daily strikes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Zelenskyy and his office were not informed about Trump’s statement of an energy ceasefire with Russia ahead of time and learned about it from social media, a senior source in Ukraine's presidential office told ABC News.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of ceasefire

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