Meaning & use
Medevaced
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Transported by helicopter or aircraft for emergency medical treatment, as the past tense of 'medevac.'
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The wounded soldier was medevaced to a field hospital within minutes.
Hikers injured on the ridge were medevaced off the mountain before nightfall.
A note on using this word
'Medevac' blends 'medical' and 'evacuation'; it entered common use during the Vietnam War era.
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