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D-day   /di-deɪ/   Listen
noun
D-day  n.  
1.
(Mil.) The day designated for the beginning of a planned attack by a military force; in communications the day is often otherwise unspecified for security reasons; as, the day before D-day the troops will move into position.
2.
6 June 1944, the day of the landing in France, by troops allied against the Germans in World War II.
Synonyms: 6 June 1944.
3.
The day for commencement or execution of any elaborate planned activity; often used jocosely. (informal)





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"D-day" Quotes from Famous Books



... early in April, which decreased the weather hazard—a major consideration in even a trip to the Supermarket. What was Scott's grim consternation, then, when he woke on D-day to find his windows plastered with snow under a driving wind—not mentioned in last ...
— A Matter of Proportion • Anne Walker


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