different between truce vs disarmament

English

Etymology

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English tr?owa, singularized plural of tr?ow, tr?w (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *treww? (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?u?s/?
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?us/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

truce (plural truces)

1. a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
2. an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time

Synonyms

• armistice
• ceasefire

Translations

Anagrams

• Crute, Curet, cruet, curet, cuter, eruct, recut

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tr?ce.

Adjective

truce (plural truci)

1. grim, menacing

   Synonyms: torvo, minaccioso

2. cruel

   Synonym: cruele

English

Etymology

disarm +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???(r)m?m?nt/

Noun

disarmament (countable and uncountable, plural disarmaments)

1. The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
2. The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.
   • 1974, Black Belt (volume 12, number 11, page 15)

     With spears, swords and knives flying off the stage from intended defensive disarmament, no one sitting near the stage could afford to even blink his eyes.

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