ceasefire
noun
cease·fire
ˈsēs-ˈfi(-ə)r 
variants
or less commonly cease-fire
plural ceasefires also cease-fires
1
: a military order to cease firing
2
: a suspension of active hostilities
Examples of ceasefire in a Sentence
the two armies declared a ceasefire for the holiday
Recent Examples on the Web
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said returning the remaining 59 hostages was a top priority, but that there will be no agreement on the second stage of the ceasefire if Hamas is left intact in Gaza.
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Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Negotiations to hammer out details of the second phase of the ceasefire deal were supposed to begin earlier this month.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
Hamas transferred to Israel the bodies of four hostages on Thursday morning local time as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
In this new Middle East, a fragile ceasefire now exists between Israel and Hezbollah, which is supposed to stay out of southern Lebanon.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
With just days to go before the first phase of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was set to expire, the terrorist group has agreed to release the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
As the first phase of the ceasefire is set to end soon, doubts are growing about the next phase and whether peace can be maintained.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
The official said that talks to hammer out details for the next phase of the ceasefire have not yet begun.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
Another 14 hostages are supposed to be released in the next two weeks as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal, six of them are alive.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Negotiations to hammer out details of the second phase of the ceasefire deal were supposed to begin earlier this month.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
Hamas transferred to Israel the bodies of four hostages on Thursday morning local time as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
In this new Middle East, a fragile ceasefire now exists between Israel and Hezbollah, which is supposed to stay out of southern Lebanon.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
With just days to go before the first phase of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was set to expire, the terrorist group has agreed to release the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
As the first phase of the ceasefire is set to end soon, doubts are growing about the next phase and whether peace can be maintained.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
The official said that talks to hammer out details for the next phase of the ceasefire have not yet begun.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
Another 14 hostages are supposed to be released in the next two weeks as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal, six of them are alive.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Ceasefire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ceasefire. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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