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US
/ˈtɹus/
]
[ UK /tɹˈuːs/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈuːs/ ]
NOUN
- a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
How To Use truce In A Sentence
- There was an uneasy truce between Alex and Dave over dinner.
- An uneasy truce has broken out in the coffee shop cybersquatting war.
- That truce may be temporary. Times, Sunday Times
- When the ‘toddlers' truce’ was lifted the search was on for programmes to pack the vacant hour; Twizzle helped fill the vacuum.
- So much for the truce, painstakingly pieced together by Bill Clinton and his unique brand of insomnia diplomacy.
- It has been assumed by some people, especially those with an interest in discrediting George Marshall and the Truman administration, that this truce prevented Chiang from conquering Manchuria .
- Without a political settlement any truce in Bosnia remains precarious.
- The fragile truce between rival rebel factions in the Solomon Islands came under threat after a third rebel group entered the conflict.
- Shortly afterwards the brothers effected an uneasy truce and reunited. Times, Sunday Times
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