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scram

1  [skram]
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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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2  [skram] 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 scram 1 , though sense development is unclear
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scram   (skrām)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
scram [skræm]

  1. in.
    to exit fast; to get out of a place in a hurry. : Go on, scram! Get out of here fast!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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