Pearl Harbor Definition

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pronoun

Deep water harbor on Oahu, Hawaii.

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US Navy base at the harbor.
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noun
A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.
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A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy.
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Origin of Pearl Harbor

  • From the December 7, 1941, surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Pearl Harbor.

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  • From Hawaiian Wai Nomi (“pearl water").

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Pearl Harbor Sentence Examples

  • Its main disadvantage is the lack of harbours - Honolulu and Pearl Harbor are the only ones in the archipelago; but under the River and Harbour Act of 1905 examinations and surveys were made to improve Hilo Bay on the island of Hawaii.

  • This is not to say that if another Pearl Harbor or another 9/11 occurred, people in any country wouldn't rise to the occasion and make great sacrifices if needed.

  • One of the most catastrophic events in United States history is Pearl Harbor.

  • Hill even recorded There You'll Be for the movie, Pearl Harbor.

  • Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck first met on the set of Pearl Harbor in 2001.

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