scram
24 synonyms found
- be off
- beat it
- begone
- clear out
- decamp
- dog it
- duck and run
- duck out
- flake off
- get going
- get lost
- get out
- git
- hightail
- hit the road
- kite
- lam
- make yourself scarce
- shove off
- skedaddle
- skin out
- take a powder
- take off
- vamoose
Definition
(v) :
get out of here; go away (frequently imperative); to shut down a nuclear reactor quickly in the event of an emergency
"if you don't scram, I'll leave instead!"
(n) :
a rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor