ceasefire violation
Armistice terms ignored
A ceasefire violation is any breach of an agreement to stop fighting—typically military action, shelling, or troop movements that occur after opposing forces have formally agreed to halt hostilities.
The term appears constantly in conflict reporting: Both sides accused each other of ceasefire violations.
Violations range from isolated shots fired to full-scale renewed attacks.
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- breachBreaking of agreement
- shellingSustained artillery attack
- exchange of fireReciprocal shooting between opponents
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
frontline · no man's land · hostilities · military buildup · incursion · bombardment · armistice · skirmish · peacekeepers · mortar · observer · diplomatic efforts · demilitarized · buffer zone · escalation · tit for tat · retaliation · tensions
- ceasefirestruce, armistice, Christmas truce, halt, pause
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- combatbattle, fight, combat, unarmed combat, grappling
ceasefire violationde-escalation
Reducing conflict intensity
disarmament · peace process · conflict resolution · détente · reconciliation
cease, ceasefire, ceasefires, ceases, ceased, ceasing, ceaseless, ceaselessly, firing