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pearl harbor I. \ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun Usage: usually capitalized P&H Etymology: from Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, American naval station attacked without warning by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 : a sneak attack usually with devastating effect < remove the possibility of atomic Pearl Harbors — Bertrand Russell > II. transitive verb Usage: usually capitalized P&H Etymology: Pearl (I) Harbor : to attack suddenly without warning and usually with devastating effect < got to thinking of the danger of being Pearl Harbored — Time > |