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MAKE PEACE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
End hostilities
Example:
The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
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)
Derivation:
make-peace (someone who tries to bring peace)
