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scram

Syllabification: (scram)
Pronunciation: /skram/
informal
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Definition of scram

verb (scrams, scramming, scrammed)

  • 1 [no object, usually in imperative] leave or go away from a place quickly:get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!
  • 2 [with object] shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency.

noun

  • the emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor:the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year

Origin:

early 20th century: probably from the verb scramble

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