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Dunkirk

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Dunkirk

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

with the company facing a financial Dunkirk, it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around—and fast

Synonyms of Dunkirk

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

Words Related to Dunkirk

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with Dunkirk

moment of truth, point of no return

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