lull

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UNRWA's Gunness said a three-hour lull was a "drop in the ocean" and demanded a permanent ceasefire to halt the continued heavy impact on the civilian population.

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  1. transitive verb To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
  2. transitive verb To deceive into trustfulness: "that honeyed charm that he used so effectively to lull his victims” (S.J. Perelman).
  3. intransitive verb To become calm.

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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

pause ·  respite ·  cessation ·  stillness ·  hush ·  gust ·  stir ·  intermission ·  halt ·  interruption ·  abatement ·  unconsciousness

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lull:   lulls ·  lulled
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  1. Middle English lullen, possibly of Low German origin.

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  1. from Middle English lullen, lollen, lull, = Middle Dutch lollen, hum, sing, Dutch lollen, sing badly, caterwaul, lullen, chatter, prate, also deceive, cheat, = Low German G. lullen, lull, = Icelandic Swedish lulla = Danish lulle, lull, sing to sleep (cf. loll); prob., like L. lallare, sing to sleep, imitative, a redupl. of the syllable la or lu used in singing a child to sleep. Cf. loll, lullaby.
  2. from lull, v.
 

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