verb Download 🔗Share To use the shutdown or safety device of a nuclear reactor. Examples : "The technicians scrammed the reactor when the radiation levels spiked unexpectedly. " technology energy machine technical physics science industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To use any emergency shutdown. Examples : "When the smoke alarms went off in the lab, the technician scrammed the experiment to prevent a fire. " technology machine technical energy industry system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Leave in a hurry, go away. Examples : "What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!" action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Scratch with claws or fingernails. Examples : "The cat, annoyed at being picked up, scrammed my arm with its claws. " action body animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading