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scram



Pronunciation: (skram), [key]
—v.i., scrammed, scram•ming. Informal.
to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.

scram



Pronunciation: (skram), [key] Informal.

—n.
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.

—v.t.
to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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