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Cease-fire   /sˈisfˈaɪər/   Listen
Cease-fire

noun
1.
A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms.  Synonyms: armistice, truce.






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... primarily Armenian-populated exclave, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the exclave in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... question at issue was the power of the President to order the deportation under the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 of a German alien enemy after the cessation of hostilities with Germany. Said Justice Frankfurter for the Court: "War does not cease with a cease-fire order, and power to be exercised by the President such as that conferred by the Act of 1798 is a process which begins when war is declared but is not exhausted when the shooting stops. * * * The Court would be assuming the functions of the ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin



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