In history, armistice means: A formal agreement between warring sides to stop fighting, usually while the terms of a final peace treaty are negotiated.
In Turkish: mütareke, ateşkes antlaşması
How it is used
Usually signed by commanders or governments and often named after a place: the Armistice of Mudros (30 October 1918), the Armistice of Compiègne (11 November 1918). Armistice Day marks the end of fighting in the First World War.
Example sentences
The Armistice of Mudros ended the fighting between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies.
An armistice is not a peace treaty: the war is not yet formally over.
Common collocations
sign an armistice
the terms of the armistice
Armistice Day
agree to an armistice
Related terms
treatyA formal written agreement between two or more states, for example to end a war, settle borders or create an alliance.
world warA war in which most of the world's major powers take part and fighting spreads across several continents; in practice, the wars of 1914–1918 and 1939–1945.
allianceA formal agreement between states or groups to support each other, especially in war, or the group of states that make such an agreement.
siegeA military operation in which an army surrounds a town or fortress, cuts off its supplies and attacks it until the defenders surrender or the attackers give up.
