Engelsk navneord: Dunkirk |
1. | Dunkirk (om tilstand) a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there.
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| Mindre specifikke termer | crisis |
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2. | Dunkirk (om sted) 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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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Dunkerque |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | port, town |
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3. | Dunkirk (om handling) 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 |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Dunkerque |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | amphibious operation, evacuation |
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| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | Second World War, World War 2, World War II |
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| Overordnet (geografisk) region | France, French Republic |
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