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Collocations for truce - noun

ADJECTIVE

brief, temporary
A temporary truce had been reached earlier that year.
permanent
three-day, week-long, etc.
fragile, uneasy

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VERB + truce

call, declare, offer, propose
The guerrillas have called a one-month truce.
agree, agree on, agree to, arrange, broker, conclude, make, negotiate, reach
The priest helped to negotiate a truce between the warring sides.
sign
maintain
break, violate

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truce + VERB

hold, last, prevail
collapse
The two-day truce collapsed in intense shellfire.
expire
They renewed the war as soon as the truce expired.

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PREPOSITION

during a/the truce
truce among, truce between
An uneasy truce prevailed between them at dinner.
truce with
the fragile truce with France

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PHRASES

a flag of truce

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