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MAKE PEACE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does make peace mean?

• MAKE PEACE (verb)
The verb MAKE PEACE has 1 sense:

1. end hostilities

Familiarity information: MAKE PEACE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MAKE PEACE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

End hostilities

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace

Hypernyms (to "make peace" is one way to...):

conciliate; make up; patch up; reconcile; settle (come to terms)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

war (make or wage war)

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