peace treaty

noun

: an agreement to stop fighting a war

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Despite an armistice ending active hostilities in 1953, the two Koreas remain technically at war, as no formal peace treaty has been signed. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024 Yandell is also known for political advocacy work, having helped arranged a peace treaty between rival prison gangs and serving as a leader of a prison-wide hunger strike in the early 2010s. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024 The two Koreas are still at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. Stella Kim, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024 The 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, brokered by the United States, created the Multinational Force and Observers, a non-UN peacekeeping force that supervises the implementation of the treaty and is now made up of troops from 13 countries. Jonathan Lincoln, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for peace treaty 

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“Peace treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20treaty. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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