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Dunkirk

noun
Dun·​kirk | \ ˈdÉ™n-ËŒkÉ™rk How to pronounce Dunkirk (audio) , ËŒdÉ™n-ˈkÉ™rk\

Definition of Dunkirk

1 : a retreat to avoid total defeat
2 : a crisis situation that requires a desperate last effort to forestall certain failure a Dunkirk for U.S. foreign policy — Time
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Examples of Dunkirk in a Sentence

with the company facing a financial Dunkirk, it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around—and fast

First Known Use of Dunkirk

1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for Dunkirk

Dunkirk or Dunkerque, France, scene of the evacuation of Allied forces in 1940

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