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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"
   • ▪ (of a nuclear reactor) shut down in an emergency: "the reactor scrammed unexpectedly after an electrical malfunction"

   noun

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

   Word Origin early 20th century: probably from the verb scramble.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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