medevac
verb
variants
or less commonly medivac
medevaced also medivaced or medevacked or medivacked; medevacing also medivacing or medevacking or medivacking
: to transport in a medevac helicopter
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He was medevaced to Nome, where doctors evaluated him and decided to again medevac him to Anchorage for additional care.
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Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
Marine One landed at the White House to medevac Trump to Walter Reed.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020
Jaka Bizilj, a German movie producer, said his foundation was behind the plane that was supposed to medevac Navalny to the German hospital for treatment.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2020
One American sailor has been medevaced off the ship.
—Fox News, 25 Apr. 2020
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Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
Marine One landed at the White House to medevac Trump to Walter Reed.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020
Jaka Bizilj, a German movie producer, said his foundation was behind the plane that was supposed to medevac Navalny to the German hospital for treatment.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2020
One American sailor has been medevaced off the ship.
—Fox News, 25 Apr. 2020
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“Medevac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medevac. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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medevac
1 of 2 noun
med·e·vac
variants
also medivac
1
: emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area)
2
: a helicopter used for medevac
medevac
2 of 2 transitive verb
medevacked; medevacking
: to transport in a medevac helicopter
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