scram

/skษนรฆm/

IPA: /S K R AE1 M/

verb
  1. 1

    Leave in a hurry, go away.

    โ€œWhat are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!โ€

noun
  1. 1

    The emergency shutdown device of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods.

  2. 2

    An activation of the emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.

  3. 3

    (by extension) Any emergency shutdown.

verb
  1. 1

    To use the shutdown or safety device of a nuclear reactor.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To use any emergency shutdown.

noun
  1. 1

    A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.

verb
  1. 1

    Scratch with claws or fingernails.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scram