dunkirk

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• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  Dunkirk — noun — english

  a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  Dunkirk — noun — english

  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

• April 16. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  dunkirk — noun — english

  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"