Dunkirk

Words with a similar base: Dunkirk

'Dunkirk'

[dunkirk.n.01] as in: a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat

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Examples:
the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there

'Dunkirk'

[dunkirk.n.02] as in: a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II

'Dunkirk'

[dunkirk.n.03] as in: 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