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Meaning of word dunkirk from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
dunkirk noun
Meaning : A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat.
Example :
The Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there.
Meaning : A seaport in northern France on the North Sea. Scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II.
Synonyms : dunkerque
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : dunkerque
Dunkirk meaning in Telugu.