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N. an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time: the guerrillas called a three-day truce.

truceless adj.

n. an agreement between enemies or ...

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in The Oxford Companion to Military History Length: 539 words
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in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Length: 25 words
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in Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3) Length: 114 words

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