a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
You can describe an organization, a country or a person as a peacemaker when they try to persuade countries or people to stop fighting or quarrelling. the Labour government's vision of acting as a peacemaker and mediator. someone who tries to persuade other people or countries to stop fighting
or bringing hostile parties together to resolve conflict without warfare is one of the most important roles that the UN plays in maintaining world peace and security Through the use of diplomacy, mediation, arbitration and other conflict resolution techniques, a neutral third party such as the UN helps the contentious parties arrive at a peaceful resolution of their differences
Peacemaking is the term often used to refer to negotiating the resolution of a conflict between people, groups, or nations It goes beyond peacekeeping to actually deal with the issues in dispute, but falls short of peace building, which aims toward reconciliation and normalization of relations between ordinary people, not just the formal resolution which is written on paper
Peacemaking efforts are attempts to persuade countries or groups to stop fighting with each other. the failure of international peacemaking efforts The United States is more than ever the prime mover in Middle East peace-making