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What is a ceasefire?

What is a ceasefire? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).
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A ceasefire is signed four weeks after mutineers and exsoldiers staged an uprising.
A ceasefire signed in February 2002 remains in place but talks have been stalled since this April.
Indeed, there are real danger signs now that the ceasefire may collapse because of a renewal of violence on both sides in the recent weeks.
Eden was forced to bow to American pressure, and a ceasefire was called when Anglo-French forces had captured only 23 miles of the Canal.
A series of murky killings by both factions have taken place over the past year, calling the ceasefire in the region in question.
It is not the first time that a ceasefire has been broken before the ink is dry.

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