medevac/medivac

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medevac

Line breaks: med|evac

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪvak/

(also medivac)

North American

noun

[mass noun]

• The evacuation of military or other casualties to hospital in a helicopter or aeroplane: we radioed Pleiku and asked for medevac [as modifier]: three big medevac choppers
  

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verb (medevacs, medevacking, medevacked)

[with object] 

• Transport (someone) to hospital in a helicopter or aeroplane: I was medevacked out of Freetown
  

  
  

Origin

1960s: blend of medical and evacuation.