trucenoun [ C ]
uk/truːs/us/truːs/a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time:
After years of rivalry the two companies have agreed (US agreed to) a truce.
We've got to spend the weekend together, so we might as well call (= have) a truce.
Following last month's riots, two of the city's biggest gangs have finally declared a truce, ending years of bloodshed.
The fragile truce between the two sides is not expected to last long.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stopping fighting
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarize
- disengage
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- lay sth down
- pacify
- pullout
- surrender
- sword
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