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Meanings of armistice in English

Portuguese
armistício
Catalan
armistici
Spanish
alto el fuego

A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms.

armistício

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Usage of armistice in English
1
That political armistice, broken in the last few years, was doubtless necessary.
The Guardian
2
Less than 24 hours after Hickey's proposed armistice, disagreement has again resumed.
The Irish Times
3
The naval armistice would have been undeniably for the interests of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte
4
By the time the armistice came, the game had got too hot.
The Yellow Streak
5
Coelho's suggestion that they call an armistice doesn't seem to please anyone.
A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
6
By the interference of the alfaquis an armistice was at length effected.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
7
To insure the success of those negotiations the armistice was twice prolonged.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
8
All expected that hostilities would continue at the close of the armistice.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
9
The armistice expired on the 15th of August, and hostilities were resumed.
Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
10
Following are the drafts of the Turkish, Austrian and German armistice agreements.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
11
Paris presented a sorry spectacle during the weeks which followed the armistice.
My Days of Adventure / The Fall of France, 1870-71
12
Refused to fraternize with the Germans even after the armistice was signed.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
13
At the Villa Giusti, Badoglio handed over Italy's terms for an armistice.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
14
Peter would call upon Clint Wadley in person and arrange an armistice.
Oh, You Tex!
15
The Germans occupy Hungary in in 1944 after Hungary seeks an armistice.
BBC
16
SPY stories rather went out of fashion when the armistice was signed.
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