ambulance

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"When we pulled up on the side the ambulance was here.

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  1. noun A specially equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or injured.

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  • All that was written on the ambulance were the words Emergency Transport. —  VC Andrews - Broken Wings
  • I called the ambulance, but it was all over when they got there. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 05 - May 1997
  • The police and the ambulance were there fifteen minutes later. —  SomethingWickedSFandHorrorMagazine#6
  • Next to the ambulance was a long line of fuel and chemical tanks. —  Lee Child - [Reacher 12] - Nothing to Lose
  • He arrived at the same time as the ambulance, and made a resolve then and there never to be shot in the line of duty during his posting to Newenham. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
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  1. French, from (hôpital) ambulant, mobile (hospital), from Latin ambulāns, ambulant-, present participle of ambulāre, to walk; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French ambulance (formerly hôpital ambulant, walking hospital), from ambulant, walking, shifting: see ambulant.
 

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