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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Dunkirk
a seaport in N France: site of the evacuation of Allied forces under German fire 1940. 73,618.

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1. (noun) Dunkirk
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. (noun) Dunkirk, Dunkerque
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II

3. (noun) Dunkirk, Dunkerque
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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1. dunkirk
the most northern seaport and fortified town of France, on the Strait of Dover; has manufactures and considerable trade.

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