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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
Dunkirk
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
• Hypernyms:
crisis
2. a seaport in northern France on the North Sea;
scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
• Syn:
Dunkerque
• Instance Hypernyms:
town, port
3. 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
• Syn:
Dunkerque
• Regions:
France, French Republic
• Instance Hypernyms:
amphibious operation, evacuation
• Part Holonyms:
World War II, World War 2, Second World War
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