Antonyms for cease-firecease-fire

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1. armistice, cease-fire, trucenoun

   a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

   Synonyms:
   armistice, truce

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1. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   To the countries in the region, I say, let's adopt the spirit of brotherhood, let's respect each other and other nations. A nation does not give in through bombing, do not kill innocent children. Let's think about an end to the war, about cease-fire and humanitarian assistance to the suffering people of Yemen.

2. Donald Tusk:

   This so-called cease-fire. This is not what we expected. In fact it is not a cease-fire, it is a demand of capitulation of the Kurds, we have to reiterate our call for Turkey to put a permanent end to its military action immediately and to withdraw its forces and respect international humanitarian law.

3. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk:

   We are very far from a collapse, you know why? We don't have a cease fire … because a cease fire means that no one shoots. Cease fire means that Russian-led terrorists do not make any kind of ongoing shellings, that they do not kill Ukrainian soldiers and innocent people.

4. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

   We demand an unconditional peace, we demand a cease-fire, a withdrawal of all foreign troops, and closing of the border. ... We will find a compromise within the country.

5. Petro Poroshenko:

   Today is the first 24 hours for seven months ... when we have a real cease-fire in Ukraine, you simply can't imagine how important it is for me. This is the first night when I don't have neither lost nor wounded Ukrainian soldiers. When we don't have any lost or wounded civilians.

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