noun
- a rapid or hurried departure; a quick getaway
- a military helicopter evacuation or emergency extraction
Usage: informal; often used in sports or competitive contexts
Usage: military; originally from Vietnam War terminology
Examples
- The team made a dustoff after losing the championship game.
- When the storm approached, residents made a quick dustoff from the coastal area.
- The quarterback executed a dustoff scramble to avoid the defense.
- Military personnel coordinated a dustoff to retrieve injured soldiers from the field.
- After the scandal broke, the executive made a dustoff from the company.
- The runner's dustoff from the starting line was explosive.
- A dustoff operation was launched to evacuate civilians from the conflict zone.