scram
1to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
Origin of scram
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Other definitions for scram (2 of 2)
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.
Origin of scram
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How to use scram in a sentence
First there's the scram system, it automatically ejects the control rods into the core and shuts the plant down.
We ought to abandon the Glory to her place in the sun and scram out of here in the lifeboatsevery last person aboard ship.
A Place in the Sun | C.H. ThamesGibbering, I tried to get away, to flee or scram, but it was too late.
Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 | Various"Yeah—she'll be here, all right, thanks to you—scram—" answered Evelyn, as he went out the door.
Hookers | Richard F. MannTo the girls she said, “scram, if you want me downstairs in two minutes.”
The Mystery at Dark Cedars | Edith Lavell
"Maybe we had better scram out of here, Joe," Abdul suggested.
Pastoral Affair | Charles A. Stearns
British Dictionary definitions for scram (1 of 2)
/ (skræm) /
(intr; often imperative) informal to go away hastily; get out
Origin of scram
1British Dictionary definitions for scram (2 of 2)
/ (skræm) /
an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
(of a nuclear reactor) to shut down or be shut down in an emergency
Origin of scram
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