Scramming
verb (used without object), scrammed, scramming. Informal.
1.
to go away; get out (usually used as a command):
I said I was busy, so scram.
noun
1.
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
verb (used with object)
2.
to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.
verb scrams, scramming, scrammed
1.
(intransitive; often imperative) (informal) to go away hastily; get out
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
scram
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