scram
VerbUS[skram]/skræm/1 syllable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Scram (skrăm), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Scrammed; present participle & verbal noun Scramming.]
to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location. informal
Scram (skrăm), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Scrammed; present participle & verbal noun Scramming.]
to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency.
Scram (skrăm), noun
the rapid shut down of a nuclear reactor, as in an emergency.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors