Definition of Dunkirk

Noun

  • 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
    - dunkerque
  • a seaport in northern France on the North Sea
    scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
    - dunkerque
  • 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"
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Unscramble dunkirk

46 unscramble word found using the letters dunkirk.
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