verb Download 🔗Share Leave in a hurry, go away. Examples : "What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!" action direction Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The emergency shutdown device of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods. Examples : "The technicians immediately initiated a scram when the radiation levels spiked unexpectedly in the reactor core. " energy technology device machine system fuel industry science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An activation of the emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. Examples : "The reactor's scram prevented a major meltdown. " energy technology machine system technical science physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) Any emergency shutdown. Examples : "The sudden power outage triggered a scram, halting the factory production line. " technology technical machine system action energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use the shutdown or safety device of a nuclear reactor. Examples : "The control room operator had to scram the reactor when the cooling system malfunctioned. " technical technology energy machine science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To use any emergency shutdown. Examples : "When the experiment started smoking, the technician yelled, "Scram the reactor!" " technology technical action machine energy system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails. Examples : "The toddler left a small scram on the table after dragging his toy car across it. " mark body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Scratch with claws or fingernails. Examples : "The cat scrammed at the scratching post, trying to sharpen its claws. " action body human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading