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IPA transcription: ['dʌnkɚk]
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Noun
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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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a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
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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
Usage examples
- The Dover to Dunkirk ferry route was originally operated by ferry operator Norfolkline.
- To this was subordinated the Vice-Admiralty of Flanders in Dunkirk.
- She was one of the few ships not damaged at Dunkirk.
- In their rush to relieve Dunkirk the Spanish had left their artillery behind.
- Only two tanks reached Dunkirk in the closing stages of Operation Dynamo.