Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Dunkerque | Yes | No | No | No |
evacuation | Yes | No | No | No |
Dunkerque (noun) | evacuation (noun) |
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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 | the act of removing the contents of something |
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II | the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection |
the bodily process of discharging waste matter |