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Noun: peacekeeping operation
  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 operation forces were deployed to monitor the ceasefire";
    - peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission

Derived forms: peacekeeping operations

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

Encyclopedia: Peacekeeping operation