Meaning of DUNKIRK
| Pronunciation: | | 'dunkurk
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- [n] a city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
- [n] a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there"
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| | Synonyms: | | Dunkerque |
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| | See Also: | | amphibious operation, city, crisis, evacuation, France, French Republic, metropolis, Second World War, urban center, World War , World War II | |
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| | Definition: | |  Dunkirk
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