Get to know Armistice better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like truce or peace.
Armistice in a sentence
Armistice meaning
- A (short) cessation of combat.
- A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
Using Armistice
- The main meaning on this page is: A (short) cessation of combat. | A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
- Useful related words include: cease-fire, truce, peace.
- In the example corpus, armistice often appears in combinations such as: the armistice, an armistice, armistice day.
Context around Armistice
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Armistice
- In this selection, "armistice" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unilateral, 1949, day, agreements and house stand out and add context to how "armistice" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a unilateral armistice without them and after the armistice in korea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "armistice" sits close to words such as adele, adolf and agendas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with armistice
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Armistice Day poster from the US Department of Labor, 1919. (10 words)
Armistice Capital LLC increased its position in Rigel Pharmaceuticals by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. (16 words)
In Britain, calls to sack UK home secretary Suella Braverman feature alongside the fallout from protests on Armistice Day. (19 words)
All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war film, showing the realities of the war in 1917, the focus is placed on the cast of characters that make up the German army as well as the officials negotiating the end of the war and Armistice. (47 words)
On 7 November, David Ben-Gurion addressed the Knesset and declared a great victory, saying that the 1949 armistice agreement with Egypt was dead and buried, and that the armistice lines were no longer valid and could not be restored. (40 words)
In the exchange of notes with Germany they agreed the Fourteen Points in principle be incorporated in the armistice; House then procured agreement from France and Britain, but only after threatening to conclude a unilateral armistice without them. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
On Armistice Day, Monday, November 11, at 10.45am, there will be a short Service of Remembrance in the grounds of Oakham Castle, to mark the day when Armistice was declared.
In the exchange of notes with Germany they agreed the Fourteen Points in principle be incorporated in the armistice; House then procured agreement from France and Britain, but only after threatening to conclude a unilateral armistice without them.
It is an armistice for 20 years." citation Interwar years French cavalry entering Essen during the Occupation of the Ruhr France was part of the Allied force that occupied the Rhineland following the Armistice.
Ludendorff, who had fallen out with Hindenburg over the decision to continue seeking the armistice in October 1918, was concerned that Hindenburg might reveal that it was he who had advised seeking an armistice the previous month.
On 7 November, David Ben-Gurion addressed the Knesset and declared a great victory, saying that the 1949 armistice agreement with Egypt was dead and buried, and that the armistice lines were no longer valid and could not be restored.
The Armistice Agreements of 3 April 1949 left Jordan in control of the West Bank and provided that the armistice demarcation lines were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines.
Weinberg, Gerhard A World At Arms, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994 page 461. The Romanian diplomats were informed that no armistice was possible until an armistice was signed with the Soviet Union, a condition Antonescu rejected.
After the armistice in Korea, PRC Chairman Mao Zedong renewed efforts to complete what he considered the unfinished business of the civil war and ousting the Chiang Kai-shek government on Taiwan.
All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war film, showing the realities of the war in 1917, the focus is placed on the cast of characters that make up the German army as well as the officials negotiating the end of the war and Armistice.
Armistice Capital LLC increased its position in Rigel Pharmaceuticals by 0.4% in the 1st quarter.
Armistice Day poster from the US Department of Labor, 1919.
As an alternative to “absolute victory” (admitting it’s not possible), Rand proposes an armistice, or a negotiated peace treaty between warring parties.
But Russia, the traditional power broker in the region, stepped in to impose an armistice that injected Russian peacekeeping forces to protect the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Here, we take a look back at some pictures from Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day services and parades in Ceredigion, north Pembrokeshire and north Carmarthenshire over the last 10 years.
However, Saturday’s march coincides with Armistice Day, when people across the UK mark the moment the guns fell silent in the First World War.
In a statement, the North Korean army "has responded to the UN Command regarding Private King," said the US-led UN multinational force, which oversees compliance with the armistice between the two Koreas.
In Britain, calls to sack UK home secretary Suella Braverman feature alongside the fallout from protests on Armistice Day.
Initially commemorated as Armistice Day but renamed Veterans Day in the United States in 1954, the holiday is a federal holiday throughout the country.
It is clearly stated in the Armistice Agreements between Israel and both Jordan and Egypt that the ceasefire lines following the 1948 war are not final borders but are just lines where the fighting stopped.
Juniper House Care Home in Brackley commemorated the signing of the Armistice Day agreement on the day that the guns finally fell silent.
Common combinations with armistice
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the armistice 83×
- an armistice 49×
- armistice day 32×
- armistice was 13×
- armistice in 13×
- armistice with 12×
- on armistice 9×
- armistice lines 8×
- armistice agreement 7×
- armistice that 7×