1. (military) the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
   "UN peacekeeping forces were deployed to monitor the ceasefire";
   - peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation

1. Of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
   "a peacekeeping force"

Derived forms: peacekeepings

Type of: military operation, op [informal], operation

Encyclopedia: Peacekeeping