armistice
noun
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Armistice comes from the New Latin word armistitium, which in turn combines a stem of the Latin verb sistere, meaning "to make stand, halt, bring to a standstill," with arma, meaning "implements of war, weapons." An armistice, therefore, is literally a cessation of arms. Armistice Day is the name that was given to the holiday celebrated in the United States on November 11 before it was renamed Veterans Day by Congress in 1954. The original name refers to the agreement between the Allied Powers and Germany to end the hostilities that constituted the First World War—an agreement designated to take effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Examples of armistice in a Sentence
Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
But their armistice goes sideways when Sam’s close friend Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), a Black super-soldier locked up and experimented on by the government for 30 years, is mind-controlled as part of an assassination attempt on Ross.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
An armistice between the Allied nations and Germany began officially on Nov. 11, 1918 — the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Armistice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armistice. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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