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peace offensive
noun
- an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peace offensive1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
So it was a crooked Kamerad cry, a peace offensive intended to sing us to sleep, that Germany launched in September, 1918.
From Project Gutenberg
Floyd Gibbons was the first to sound the alarm of the danger of the German peace offensive.
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