medevac
noun
med·e·vac
| \ ˈme-də-ˌvak
, -dē-\
, -dē-\
variants:
or less commonly medivac
Definition of medevac
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area)
2
: a helicopter used for medevac
medevac
verb
variants:
or less commonly medivac
medevaced
also medivaced
or medevacked
or medivacked;
medevacing
also medivacing
or medevacking
or medivacking
Definition of medevac (Entry 2 of 2)
: to transport in a medevac helicopter
Examples of medevac in a Sentence
Noun
The wounded soldiers were evacuated by medevac to the hospital.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Founded in 1991, HdF provides helicopter services from passenger transport and tours to cargo and medevac operations. — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, "The helicopter team that films the Tour de France is one of a kind," 11 July 2019 During his service, Richardson was a medevac helicopter pilot in Vietnam. — Deaundra Allen, kansascity, "NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. to honor Vietnam War hero from Kansas | The Kansas City Star," 21 May 2018 The first incident involved a medevac plane trying to evacuate a fisherman whose leg had been severed in a boating accident. — Della Trumble, WSJ, "The Government Shouldn’t Value Bears Over People," 13 Apr. 2018 It could potentially also be used for missions such as medevac. — Allison Barrie, Fox News, "New futuristic Israeli 'dune-buggy' is bristling with weapons, ready for combat," 22 June 2018 Last year, a comatose Otto Warmbier, released by North Korea after more than 17 months in captivity, arrived in Cincinnati aboard a medevac flight; the 22-year-old college student, who had suffered severe brain damage, died six days later. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 13 June 2018 Rosario, too, died waiting for a medevac helicopter. — Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, "The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in Combat," 15 May 2018 Their accident rates are comparable, in fact, to those among flights conducted by medevac services and offshore oil rig transportation, both of which often fly in more treacherous conditions than air tours. — Eric Adams, WIRED, "Inside the Safety Issues Surrounding the NY Helicopter Crash," 8 Apr. 2018 Hogg said, adding details such as reserving medevac helicopters for the event and other logistics are being handled by those who have had prior experience with major events. — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, "'We have poured our heart and soul' into March For Our Lives rallies, students say," 13 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Declaring an emergency, the flight crew coaxed to plane to an emergency landing at Exmouth, Australia, where 39 people were taken to hospital and 14 were medevaced to Perth with broken bones, lacerations, and spinal injuries. — Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, "4 Times Before the Boeing 737 Max 8 That Plane Automation Software Went Haywire," 18 Mar. 2019 An 89-year-old suffering symptoms of a stroke was medevaced off a Carnival cruise ship Monday evening, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. — David J. Neal, miamiherald, "Coast Guard medevacs 89-year-old off Carnival cruise ship as it heads for Jamaica," 10 July 2018 Unable to medevac Rion - the helicopter had been grounded by wind - a specialized team from CHOP arrived in an ambulance. — Sandra G. Boodman, chicagotribune.com, "Doctors thought they knew the cause of a teen's seizures. So why didn't he get better?," 19 Dec. 2017 Unable to medevac Rion — the helicopter had been grounded by wind — a specialized team from CHOP arrived in an ambulance. — Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, "Doctors thought they knew the cause of a teen’s terrible seizures. So why didn’t he get better?," 16 Dec. 2017 Two days ago she was stranded here by what appeared to be an impossibly large cost to medevac home to Maryland. — Alaska Dispatch News, "Readers write: Letters to the editor, July 28, 2017," 28 July 2017 Units of the Ukrainian armed forces lack enough basic items, such as night-vision technology, and also modern helicopters such as Blackhawks to medevac the wounded. — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, "Ukraine’s Army Needs Equipment from the U.S., Not All of It Weapons," 18 Aug. 2017 The Coast Guard also medevaced a 44-year-old man Sunday from a tank ship 120 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, authorities said. — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, "Coast Guard evacuates two men in need of medical aid," 18 June 2017 A passenger aboard the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship had to be medevaced for heart attack symptoms on Thursday morning. — Prescotte Stokes Iii, AL.com, "A Carnival Fantasy passenger suffers heart attack symptoms; Medevaced to New Orleans," 8 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'medevac.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for medevac
medevac
noun
English Language Learners Definition of medevac
US
: emergency removal of sick or injured people from an area especially by helicopter
: a helicopter used to remove sick or injured people from an area
See the full definition for medevac in the English Language Learners Dictionary
medevac
noun
med·e·vac
variants:
also medivac \ ˈmed-ə-ˌvak
\
\
Medical Definition of medevac
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area)
2
: a helicopter used for medevac
medevac
transitive verb
medevacked;
medevacking
Medical Definition of medevac (Entry 2 of 2)
: to transport in a medevac helicopter