scram

scram
scram1
/skram/, v.i., scrammed, scramming. Informal.
to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
[1925-30; prob. shortened form of SCRAMBLE (but cf. G schramm, impv. sing. of schrammen to depart)]
scram2
/skram/, Informal.
n.
1. the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
v.t.
2. to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.
[1945-50; perh. identical with SCRAM1, though sense development is unclear]

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