Definitions for cease-fire

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Spelling: [sees-fahyuh r]
IPA: /ˈsisˈfaɪər/

Cease-Fire is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 328 anagrams from letters in cease-fire (-aceeefirs).

Definitions for cease-fire

noun

  1. a cessation of hostilities; truce.
  2. Military. an order issued for a cease-fire.

Origin of cease-fire

First recorded in 1840-50; noun use of verb phrase cease fire

Examples for cease-fire

A cease-fire was achieved without a major power confrontation.

A bloody conflict ended in a cease-fire that ceded to the militants the right to institute Sharia law in the Swat area.

Neither does the cease-fire alternative offer much hope for what ails the West: namely, Gaddafi's early departure.

We will work for a cease-fire now or once discussions have begun.

Clearly, all of the statements from Moscow and Kiev about a cease-fire for the period of the investigation have been forgotten.

The sanctions continued after a cease-fire; Eisenhower was adamant: They wouldn't be lifted until the invading troops were gone.

The cease-fire requires Hamas to hold its rockets and Israel to alleviate the siege.

His men held out until two in the afternoon, when their resistance collapsed and the cease-fire sounded.

It was two and a half hours before the "cease-fire" whistle sounded.

Haaretz quoted a Maan news agency report that both Hamas and Islamic Jihad are committed to the Gaza cease-fire.

Word Value for cease-fire
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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