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dunkirk
(encz) | Dunkirk, |
Dunkirk
(gcide) | Dunkirk \Dunkirk\ prop. n.
the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II
(1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from
the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy
fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.
Syn: Dunkerque.
[WordNet 1.5] |
dunkirk
(wn) | Dunkirk
n 1: 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"
2: a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the
evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
[syn: Dunkirk, Dunkerque]
3: 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 [syn:
Dunkirk, Dunkerque] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dunkirk
(encz) | Dunkirk, |
dunkirk
(wn) | Dunkirk
n 1: 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"
2: a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the
evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
[syn: Dunkirk, Dunkerque]
3: 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 [syn:
Dunkirk, Dunkerque] |
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