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    scram
    /skram/

    verb

    • 1. leave or go away from a place quickly: "get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!"
    • 2. shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency: "when the power is cut off, the unit will automatically scram the reactor"

    noun

    • 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor: "the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year"

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