truced; trucing
: to make a truce
: to end with a truce
Examples of truce in a Sentence
Noun
There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months.
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering the truce that had facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages and brought relative calm since late January.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Though the treaty dramatically diminished the intensity of the fighting, health officials in Gaza said Israeli forces had killed at least 160 people during the two-month truce.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Here's what came from the Trump-Putin call A call between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin ended with a limited agreement for Russia and Ukraine to cease attacks on energy infrastructure but stopped short of a U.S. proposal for a temporary truce.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
That truce was shattered Tuesday by Israeli airstrikes that killed more than 400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
—arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering the truce that had facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages and brought relative calm since late January.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Though the treaty dramatically diminished the intensity of the fighting, health officials in Gaza said Israeli forces had killed at least 160 people during the two-month truce.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Here's what came from the Trump-Putin call A call between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin ended with a limited agreement for Russia and Ukraine to cease attacks on energy infrastructure but stopped short of a U.S. proposal for a temporary truce.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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