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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
scram1       [skram] Pronunciation Key
–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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scram2       [skram] Pronunciation Key Informal.
–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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scram       (skrām)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   scrammed, scram·ming, scrams
  1. To leave a scene at once; go abruptly.
  2. To shut down automatically. Used of a nuclear reactor.

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


[Perhaps short for scramble.]

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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scram

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

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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