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medevac

or Med·e·vac, med·i·vac

[ med-uh-vak ]

noun

  1. a helicopter for evacuating the wounded from a battlefield.
  2. an ambulance or other vehicle equipped for emergency transport of medical patients.
  3. any of the trained personnel transporting or otherwise tending to the sick or wounded in a medevac.


verb (used with object)

, med·e·vacked, med·e·vack·ing.
  1. to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac.

medevac

/ ˈmɛdɪˌvæk /

noun

  1. military the evacuation of casualties from forward areas to the nearest hospital or base
  2. a helicopter used for transporting wounded or sick people to hospital
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to transport (a wounded or sick person) to hospital by medevac
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medevac1

1965–70, Americanism; med(ical) evac(uation) ; presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medevac1

C20: from med ( ical ) evac ( uation )
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Example Sentences

Dan Anderson, an instructor pilot for Cal Fire, spent decades in the Army and flew medevac helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Others became suicide bombers or shot at a medevac helicopter.

He had visited some of those places during the Vietnam War when, in 1967 and 1968, he was an Army helicopter medevac pilot and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor.

At the base hospital, they saw that his spinal cord was swollen and called for a medevac, but the base was under attack and no helicopters could fly in or out.

While they were configured as medevac aircraft, Army officials at Fort Campbell, Kentucky said they weren’t on a medical mission at the time.

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