Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of scram.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Vermont Yankee "scrammed" - automatically shut down Thursday, Aug 30th in the afternoon.
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"scrammed" -- or went into automatic shutdown -- when a problem developed with equipment in the switchyard where it connects to the power grid.
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After the reactors "scrammed"—meaning the nuclear reaction was stopped—they still had to cool down before inspectors could get inside the reactor-containment buildings.
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The delivery guys basically stuffed it in the corner and scrammed before I could figure out my yuletide tree rights and ask to exchange it.
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After 30 minutes of getting there -- we all looked at each other, didn't have much more to say and scrammed -- I later saw Schenectady, NY and realized this was probably one of the most depressing days of my entire life.
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There are designs of reactors that have been tested that have short-lived waste products, and are so safe that during testing they were ‘scrammed’ or shut down on the weekends, to be restarted on Monday.
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It occurred to him that Hodges was going to go nuclear at the lab unless the evidence clerk serendipitously reappeared from wherever he might have scrammed.
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I probably would NOT love it if I had a spouse and several children who either (a) expected elaborate meals every night (b) ate and scrammed, without helping with the dishes or even thanking me or (c) had a spouse who expected dinner on the table, no questions asked, meat, potatoes, and two veg, at 6:30 pm on the dot, every day of the year.
All I can think of is "cult of domesticity" - And She Knits Too!
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Now it made sense: by the time we detected a launch and were able to relay the coordinates to our pilots, who then flew to the target, the Iraqis had scrammed.
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I quickly stuffed the earthworm in her mouth and scrammed away.
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