noun
- plural of dustoff; emergency helicopter evacuations, especially of wounded personnel from combat zones
- plural of dustoff; instances of cleaning or removing dust from something
Usage: military; originally U.S. military slang from the Vietnam War era
Usage: informal
Examples
- The field hospital coordinated multiple dustoffs to transport critically wounded soldiers.
- During the operation, several dustoffs were requested for injured personnel.
- The medical team trained extensively for emergency dustoffs in hostile terrain.
- After the storm, the house needed a thorough dustoff to remove all the debris.
- The old furniture received a good dustoff before being donated.