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dunkirk
has definitions from the fields of military,government,geography
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[ noun ] a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
Examples "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military,government,geography) 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
Synonyms Related terms city evacuation amphibious_operation France World_War_II France |
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