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armistice

[ahr-muh-stis] / ˈɑr mə stɪs /
NOUN
peace-establishing agreement
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This Anglo-Iraqi War ended with a British-brokered armistice.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty in 1953, meaning North and South Korea remain technically at war.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

North and South Korea remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

A United Nations bus came to transport returnees past the so-called Yellow Line, an armistice boundary created after the ceasefire that separates portions of Gaza controlled by Hamas and Israel.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

The local authorities, after the armistice of Neerlandia, were mayors without initiative, decorative judges picked from among the peaceful and tired Conservatives of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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