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Collocations for truce - noun

ADJ.

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

VERB + TRUCE

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

TRUCE + VERB

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

PREP.

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

PHRASES

a flag of truce

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