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- Dictionaryscram/skram/
verb
- 1. leave or go away from a place quickly: "get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!"
- 2. shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency: "when the power is cut off, the unit will automatically scram the reactor"
noun
- 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor: "the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year"
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scram | American Dictionary. verb [ I ] infml us / skræm / -mm- Add to word list. to leave quickly; get away: We’d better scram! (Definition of scram from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scram.
A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor effected by immediately terminating the fission reaction. It is also the name that is given to the manually operated kill switch that initiates the shutdown.
noun. : a rapid emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. Examples of scram in a Sentence. Verb The vandals scrammed before the police could arrive. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb. As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.
Scram definition: to go away; get out (usually used as a command). See examples of SCRAM used in a sentence.
to leave quickly; get away: We’d better scram! (Definition of scram from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scram.
noun. 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. verb. 2. (of a nuclear reactor) to shut down or be shut down in an emergency. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
Definitions of scram. verb. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form. “ Scram !” synonyms: buzz off, get. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Scram." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/scram. Accessed 02 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. VocabTrainer™.
