Found 2 items, similar to Dunkirk.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Dunkirk 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 city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire [syn: Dunkerque]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dunkirk 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]