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English to English noun
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a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat |  | Example: the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there
source: wordnet30
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a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II | | source: wordnet30
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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: wordnet30
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