scramming

  • 1Scramming — Scram Scram (skr[a^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scramming}.] to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location. [informal] [PJC] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Scramming — Scram Scram (skr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scramming}.] to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency. [PJC] …

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  • 3scramming — skræm v. leave, go away, get out (Slang) interj. get out!, go away!, leave immediately! (Slang) …

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  • 4scramming contract — A mining contract which confers the right to mine and gather such ore as may be left within the limits of a mine or pit, the same having been opened and mined before. Such a contract does not contemplate breaking through the walls of the mine or… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 5Scram — This article is about nuclear reactors. For other meanings, see Scram (disambiguation). A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor though the term has been extended to cover shutdowns of other complex operations, such as… …

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  • 6Scram — (skr[a^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scramming}.] to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location. [informal] [PJC] …

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  • 7Scram — (skr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scramming}.] to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency. [PJC] …

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  • 8Scrammed — Scram Scram (skr[a^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scramming}.] to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location. [informal] [PJC] …

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  • 9Scrammed — Scram Scram (skr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scramming}.] to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency. [PJC] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10scram — I. intransitive verb (scrammed; scramming) Etymology: short for scramble Date: circa 1928 to go away at once < scram, you re not wanted > II. noun Date: 1953 a rapid emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor …

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