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Dunkirk

/ Dunkirk /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

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

Type of:

evacuation amphibious operation city

Has parts:

World War II World War 2 Second World War

Domain:

France French Republic

noun Sense 2

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"

Type of:

crisis

Semantic Complexity

100%

Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

7

Times Searched

1

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evacuation amphibious operation city crisis