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verb
Scram  v. t.  (past & past part. scrammed; pres. part. scramming)  To shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Scram" Quotes from Famous Books



... to his lottery sheet. "Go treat yourself if you wanta play doctor. Go on, scram—before I toss ...
— Badge of Infamy • Lester del Rey

... fair in love and war. I'd ha' married en just as she did, and if he'd said two words to me about not telling him beforehand anything whatsomdever about my first chap that I hadn't chose to tell, I'd ha' knocked him down wi' the rolling-pin—a scram little feller like he! Any woman ...
— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy

... tail, here—when I always was a man of action! Mercury does have possibilities—plenty of solar power, certainly; plenty of frozen atmosphere on the dark face. Interesting, Frank... Oh, hell, I forgot—there's a letter here for you. And a package. Just arrived... I'll scram, now. Got to go down to the quays. Hold the ...
— The Planet Strappers • Raymond Zinke Gallun



Words linked to "Scram" :   get, go away, leave, bugger off, go forth



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