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  • 41truce — truceless, adj. /troohs/, n. 1. a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease fire; armistice. 2. an agreement or treaty establishing this. 3. a temporary respite, as from trouble or… …

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  • 42Austerlitz, Battle of — (Dec. 2, 1805) First engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon s greatest victories. In the battle, fought near Austerlitz in Moravia (now Slavkov u Brna, Czech Rep.), Napoleon s 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000… …

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  • 43Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo — ▪ Primary Source       This agreement ended the war between the United States and Mexico. It was signed on February 2, 1848, at Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo. By its terms, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for more than 525,000 square miles …

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  • 44Treaty of Paris — ▪ Primary Source       OVERTURES for peace between the United States and Spain were begun July 26, 1898, through Jules Cambon, the French ambassador, resulting, August 12, in the signing of a protocol and the suspension of hostilities.… …

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  • 45Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) — • This article deals with the destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71)     Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) …

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  • 46armistice — Synonyms and related words: Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, breathing spell, buffer zone, cease fire, cooling off period, demilitarized zone, hollow truce, modus vivendi, neutral territory, pacification, pax in bello, peace, stand down,… …

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  • 47modus vivendi — Synonyms and related words: Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, armistice, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, breathing spell, buffer zone, carriage …

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  • 48pacification — Synonyms and related words: Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, abatement, allayment, alleviation, armistice, assuagement, blunting, breathing spell, buffer zone, calming, cease fire, cooling off period, damping, deadening, demilitarized zone,… …

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  • 49peace — Synonyms and related words: Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, accord, accordance, affinity, agape, agreement, amity, armistice, arrangement, array, assent, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, bonds of harmony, breathing spell, brotherly love,… …

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  • 50pacification — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making peace Nouns 1. pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; propitiation, appeasement, mollification, mediation; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment, compromise; …

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