Definition of dunkirk
English to English 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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
source: WordNet 3.0
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dunkirk, dunkers, dunkerque, donkeywork, down quark, deinocheirus, dinoceras, danceress, demigorge, deinoceras, damask rose, demonocracy
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