medevac
or Med·e·vac, med·i·vac
a helicopter for evacuating the wounded from a battlefield.
an ambulance or other vehicle equipped for emergency transport of medical patients.
any of the trained personnel transporting or otherwise tending to the sick or wounded in a medevac.
to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac.
Origin of medevac
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How to use medevac in a sentence
Who can forget Lindsey Vonn dangling from a medevac helicopter after her 2013 season-ending crash?
Skiing Prodigy Mikaela Shiffrin Looks Ahead to Sochi | Jake Bright | December 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWithin minutes the medevac helicopter flew him to the nearby surgical center at Forward Operating Base Solerno.
My team would have dragged me out and guarded my body until the medevac arrived to carry me to the morgue.
America’s Lost Decade in Iraq: A Marine Officer Looks Back | Benjamin Busch | March 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMaj. Mary Hegar flew medevac missions to rescue wounded soldiers.
ACLU Suit: Allowing Women in Combat Is About Equality and Recognition | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | November 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has deployed to Iraq twice and completed a tour in Afghanistan as a medevac pilot-in-command and air mission commander.
British Dictionary definitions for medevac
/ (ˈmɛdɪˌvæk) /
military the evacuation of casualties from forward areas to the nearest hospital or base
a helicopter used for transporting wounded or sick people to hospital
(tr) to transport (a wounded or sick person) to hospital by medevac
Origin of medevac
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