transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdən-ˌkərk, ˌdən-ˈ ]
noun
Etymology: Dunkirk or Dunkerque, France, scene of the evacuation of Allied forces in 1940
Date: 1941
1. : a retreat to avoid total defeat
2. : a crisis situation that requires a desperate last effort to forestall certain failure
a Dunkirk for United States foreign policy — Time