peacekeeping operation

Noun

Meaning

the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

peacekeeping peacekeeping mission

Hypernyms

operation military operation

Examples

The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace. Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Close letter words and terms

peacekeeping force peacekeeping forces peacekeeping mission peacekeeping troops peaceless peacelessness