transcription, транскрипция: [ si:sfaɪə(r) ]
also cease-fire
( ceasefires)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
They have agreed to a ceasefire after three years of conflict...
= truce
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