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English noun: Dunkirk | |||
| 1. | Dunkirk (state) a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat | ||
| Samples | The Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crisis | ||
| 2. | Dunkirk (location) a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II | ||
| Synonyms | Dunkerque | ||
| Instance hypernym | port, town | ||
| 3. | Dunkirk (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Dunkerque | ||
| Instance hypernym | amphibious operation, evacuation | ||
| Part meronym | Second World War, World War 2, World War II | ||
| Domain region | France, French Republic | ||
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