Word Frequency
medevac (ˈmɛdɪˌvæk
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Definitions
noun
- (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
verb
-vacs, -vacking, -vacked- tr to transport (a wounded or sick person) to hospital by medevac
Word Origin
C20: from med( ical) evac( uation)Example Sentences Including 'medevac'
Mortally wounded, he refused a medevac and fought on with his troops until he bled to death.THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Trust me, to need the medevac at the most remote part of the leg was not in my planning!Yachting Boating World (2005)
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