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Definition of Dunkirk

1. Noun. 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"

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

3. Noun. 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.

Definition of Dunkirk

1. Proper noun. A town in Nord-Pas de Calais, France ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunkirk

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Dunglison Dunkard Dunker Dunkerque Dunkers Dunkirk (current term) Dunkirk spirit Dunkirker Dunky Duns Scotus

Dunsanian Dunstan Duplay Duplay's disease Duplicidentata Dupre Dupre's muscle Dupuy-Dutemps operation Dupuytren's amputation Dupuytren's canal

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