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ambulance

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈæm.bjʊ.ləns/

Definition

A2 a special vehicle used to take sick or injured people to hospital: I called an ambulance. We were woken in the night by the wail of ambulance sirens. an ambulance driver An ambulance crew was called to his home, but he was dead by the time they arrived.Trucks, vans and caravansEmergency services in general
(Definition of ambulance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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