ALL meanings of peacekeeping
peace·keep·ing
P p - noun peacekeeping prevention of war 1
- adjective peacekeeping for preventing war 1
- noun peacekeeping the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping. 1
- noun peacekeeping an instance of this. 1
- adjective peacekeeping for or pertaining to peacekeeping: peacekeeping forces. 1
- uncountable noun peacekeeping A peacekeeping force is a group of soldiers that is sent to a country where there is war or fighting, in order to try to prevent more violence. Peacekeeping forces are usually made up of troops from several different countries. 0
- noun peacekeeping the maintenance of peace, esp the prevention of further fighting between hostile forces in an area 0
- noun peacekeeping (as modifier) 0
- adjective peacekeeping of or relating to the process of maintaining peace, specif., of the reduction or elimination of armed conflict by the use of neutral troops to enforce a truce or separate hostile groups 0
- noun peacekeeping such a process 0