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cease fire en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of ceasefire.
   alt of ceasefire
   • I also encourage all of us to begin the cease fire in America's culture war by taking the initiative of inviting someone from the other camp to lunch. 1996, Tom Sine, Cease Fire: Searching for Sanity in America's Culture Wars, page 280:
   • On August 4 there was a cease fire in Java, the battle had lasted all of two weeks. 2004, R. Elizabeth Migliore, Evening Flower:
   • in El Salvador, they declared a cease fire after ten years. Why didn't they think of that at the beginning? 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 73:
   • To date around eighteen armed cease fires have been agreed between the army and armed groups of the following ethnicities... 2011, Jacob Bercovitch, Karl DeRouen Jr., Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific, page 275:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cease fires	Number=Plur		lexicographic

cease fire en · VERB

Meanings

1. To stop engaging in hostile acts, particularly those involving firearms.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ceased fire	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ceased fire	Tense=Past		lexicographic
ceasing fire	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ceases fire	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic