medevac

Or Med·e·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)

medevacked, medevacking 

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

verb

1. (tr) to transport (a wounded or sick person) to hospital by medevac

Word History and Origins

Origin of medevac¹

1965–70, med(ical) evac(uation) ; presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter

Word History and Origins

Origin of medevac¹

C20: from med ( ical ) evac ( uation )

Example Sentences

The Department of Homeland Security said that García was not among those being pursued and that federal agents called in a medevac for him.

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But the Department of Homeland Security said that Alanís was not among those being pursued and that federal agents called in a medevac for him.

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The Department of Homeland Security has said that Alanís Garcia was not among those being pursued and that federal agents called in a medevac for him.

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But the Department of Homeland Security said Alanís was not among those being pursued, and that federal agents quickly called in a medevac in hope of saving him.

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

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