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–verb (used without object), scrammed, scram·ming. Informal.

to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.

[Origin: 1925–30; prob. shortened form of scramble (but cf. G schramm, impv. sing. of schrammen to depart)

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–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.

[Origin: 1945–50; perh. identical with scram¹, though sense development is unclear

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intr.v. scrammed, scram·ming, scrams

n. A rapid shutting down of a nuclear reactor, especially in an emergency.

[Perhaps short for scramble.]

1928, U.S. slang, either a shortened form of scramble (q.v.) or from Ger. schramm, imperative sing. of schrammen "depart."

scram
verb
leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"

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