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Meaning:

Noun:

  • SCRAM
  • A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor
  • In a more general sense, an emergency shutdown.
  • The emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods.

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Verb:

  • ambitransitive To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
  • Get out of here; go away (frequently imperative).

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