noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a suicide pact (= an agreement that two or more people make to kill themselves at the same time )
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She shot her husband and herself in a suicide pact.
non-aggression pact/treaty/agreement etc
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The countries will come together next week to sign a new non-aggression treaty.
suicide pact
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electoral
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Yesterday, Labour's leader dismissed both electoral reform and pacts .
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One problem remained to be settled, which was the working out of the electoral pact .
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Following Bartlett's victory at Bridgewater, he launched a grass roots campaign for an electoral pact with Liberals and Communists.
new
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It's unclear how or when the mediator would react if a new pact isn't reached today.
■ NOUN
peace
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S.-brokered peace pact went into effect.
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On May 21 Haqqani announced that Masud and Hekmatyar had agreed upon, but not signed, a five-point peace pact .
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The commission also ordered a media campaign to raise awareness of the peace pact .
security
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The former Shah's advocacy of a collective security pact was a further black mark against the Gulf scheme.
suicide
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At the moment they don't know whether this was an accident, a murder or a suicide pact .
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So they joined in a suicide pact which would rid them for ever of parental domination.
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Lowestoft is a town twinned with nowhere, although it is considering a suicide pact with Basildon.
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Desperate and afraid, they formed a suicide pact .
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Detectives are investigating whether it was an accident, a murder or a suicide pact .
trade
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Mikoyan signs a trade pact with Che Guevara.
■ VERB
make
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In making a pact with this devil, Lancaster County made a Faustian bargain.
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But before they gave up their freedom they made a solemn pact to see them through possible months in jail.
seal
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Whichever way, the devil will seal the pact for the usual price of his new agent's soul.
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We reach out our hands and seal our pact .
sign
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Mikoyan signs a trade pact with Che Guevara.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
seal a deal/bargain/pact etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mexico's Defense Ministry this month signed a pact that allows Mexican troops to train at American bases.
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Officials at IBM and Apple declined to comment on a possible pact between the two personal computer makers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But, he said, it could not be a two-way pact .
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Over the past several weeks, I have broken the unspoken pact , without explanation.
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The pact details how the $ 81 million facility will be managed and operated.
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The pact is widely seen as one of the environmental fruits of glasnost in the Soviet Union.
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The pact they had silently concluded after Maurice's death stood exposed as a sham.
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The pact was ostensibly motivated by a desire to eradicate political dynasties and corruption in favour of political renovation and democratic change.
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The rights advocates claim the pact proves the market people were wrong all along.