scram

IPA: skrˈæm

(MLE, slang) A gun, firearm.
(also attributively) A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.
(Derbyshire, Wales) A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
(US, mining, archaic) A mine previously worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed, but which is still being mined on a small scale.
Alternative letter-case form of scram [(MLE, slang) A gun, firearm.]

(intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.
(transitive) To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
(intransitive) Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
(transitive, Derbyshire, Wales) To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
(transitive, US, mining, archaic) To mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
To be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.
Alternative letter-case form of scram [(intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.]

Examples of "scram" in Sentences

Electrical problems yesterday grounded the so-called scram jet.
I know 2 grad students who lost their TAs and 4 postdocs who were given Dec deadlines to scram.
“No, you mook—you grab as many electric toothbrushes as you can, then we scram—got it?”
She pulled a switchblade on me, said if I didn't scram she was going to cut me seven ways to Sunday.
Transformer damage caused the reactor to "scram" or automatically trip out of service Saturday night.
O'BRIEN: NASA set a speed record on Saturday with the launch of the unmanned test aircraft called a scram jet.
What the people in these countries want is substantial change -- namely freedom and the heads of the regimes to pack their bags and scram.
I didn't hear what she said, so didn't respond, but the person-of-few-words who worked the booth with me said, simply, "scram" and she hustled away.
"This kind of scram is stressful on the reactor," said Robert Albrecht , a University of Washington professor emeritus of electrical engineering, who has a background in nuclear engineering.