SCRAM

  1. Noun.  The emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods.
  2. Noun.  In a more general sense, an emergency shutdown.
  3. Verb.  Get out of here; go away (frequently imperative).
  4. Verb.  (ambitransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
  5. Noun.  A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
  6. Noun.  (alternative spelling of, SCRAM) .

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