med·e·vac
ˈme-də-ˌvak 
-dē-
variants
or less commonly medivac
1
: emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area)
2
: a helicopter used for medevac
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
Examples of medevac in a Sentence
Noun
The wounded soldiers were evacuated by medevac to the hospital.
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
She was later taken by air medevac to a St. Louis hospital.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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
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Noun
On Monday, the 66-year-old paramedic was on board the medevac helicopter that crashed onto freeway lanes of Highway 50 in East Sacramento.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
She was later taken by air medevac to a St. Louis hospital.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
He was medevaced to Nome, where doctors evaluated him and decided to again medevac him to Anchorage for additional care.
—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
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“Medevac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medevac. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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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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