பொருள் : A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
The Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there.
பொருள் : A seaport in northern France on the North Sea. Scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : dunkerque
பொருள் : 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.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : dunkerque