cease-fires
Temporary warfare suspensions
Cease-fires is the plural of cease-fire, a temporary or permanent halt to fighting between opposing forces.
A cease-fire may be negotiated formally or arise from mutual exhaustion.
Unlike a peace treaty, it doesn't resolve underlying disputes—just stops the shooting: The warring factions agreed to a series of cease-fires, none of which held.
Also spelled ceasefire.
Formal discussion seeking agreement
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
- accordsMutual agreements reached
- trucesAgreements to cease fighting
armistices · mediators · UN resolutions · bilateral agreements · summits · envoys · humanitarian corridors · buffer zones
Active armed fighting
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- frontlinesCombat's forward edge
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- weaponsTools for fighting
shelling · bombardment · artillery · gunfire · military operations · troops · commanders · battlefield
Supplying assistance to recipients
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- relief workersPeople providing emergency assistance
- safe passageProtected transit through danger
displaced persons · crisis response · emergency assistance · wounded · hospitals · shelter · Red Cross · NGOs
negotiations
Formal discussion seeking agreement
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
- accordsMutual agreements reached
truces · armistices · mediators · UN resolutions · bilateral agreements · summits · envoys · humanitarian corridors · buffer zones · demilitarized zones
hostilities
Active armed fighting
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- frontlinesCombat's forward edge
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
weapons · shelling · bombardment · artillery · gunfire · military operations · troops · commanders · battlefield · fighting
aid delivery
Supplying assistance to recipients
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- relief workersPeople providing emergency assistance
safe passage · displaced persons · crisis response · emergency assistance · wounded · hospitals · shelter · Red Cross · NGOs · humanitarian corridors
temporary
Limited in duration
- permanentFixed without end
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
- extensionAdded part or duration
expiration · breakdown · renewal · duration · deadline · countdown · hours · days · weeks · holding
- global cooperationUnited Nations, multilateralism, coalitions, peace treaty, peace treaties
- global governanceUN, United Nations, EU, World Bank, IMF
- UN activitiespeacekeepers, blue helmets, Security Council, General Assembly, UN agencies
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
cease-fireshostilities
Active armed fighting
active combat · warfare · fighting · armed conflict · military operations
cease-firesescalations
Increases in intensity
declarations of war · invasions · offensives · campaigns · surges