dust-offs is a plural form of dust-off
the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
act noun (acts and actions)
dust-offs
medical evacuation | dustoff [informal] | medevac [abbreviation] | medivac [abbreviation]
a brand of dust cleaner containing difluoroethane; it's used to remove particulates and dust from computers and electronic equipment. Dust-Off products are used to remove dust, debris, fingerprints, and smudges from hard to reach areas of keyboards, ... (37 of 193 words, 1 image)
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may refer to: Dustoff or casualty evacuation, the emergency evacuation of casualties from a combat zone | Dust-Off, a brand of compressed air (22 of 66 words, 2 definitions)
Air transport of persons to a place where they can receive medical or surgical care; medical evacuation. | A helicopter or other aircraft used for ... (24 of 49 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
The act of removing dust from something. | [military, Vietnam war] A medical helicopter. (13 of 14 words, 2 definitions)
[military] the evacuation of casualties from forward areas to the nearest hospital or base | a helicopter used for transporting wounded or sick people ... (23 of 265 words, 3 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
[North American] : the evacuation of military or other casualties to hospital in a helicopter or aeroplane | [transitive] : transport (someone) to ... (22 of 63 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
a helicopter for evacuating the wounded from a battlefield. | an ambulance or other vehicle equipped for emergency transport of medical patients. | ... (21 of 60 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area) | a helicopter used for medevac (17 of 57 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
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to transport in a medevac helicopter (6 of 35 words)
the evacuation of wounded military personnel for medical treatment, especially by aircraft | of or having to do with such an evacuation or the ... (23 of 31 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe (10 of 75 words, 5 usage examples, pronunciations)
[uncountable] the process of evacuating people from a building or an area that is not safe | [countable/uncountable, medical] the process of getting ... (22 of 59 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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describes an aircraft such as a helicopter that is used to medevac wounded troops from a combat zone (18 of 29 words)
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