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Dunkirk

noun

1 Dunkirk

A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat.

2 Dunkirk

A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II.

synonym: Dunkerque.

3 Dunkirk

An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire.

synonym: Dunkerque.


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