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▸ noun: (MLE, slang) A gun, firearm.
▸ verb: (transitive) To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
▸ verb: (intransitive) Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
▸ noun: (also attributively) A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
▸ noun: The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.
▸ verb: (transitive, Derbyshire, Wales) To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
▸ verb: (transitive, US, mining, archaic) To mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
▸ noun: (Derbyshire, Wales) A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
▸ noun: (US, mining, archaic) A mine previously worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed, but which is still being mined on a small scale.
▸ verb: Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
▸ verb: To be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of scram [(MLE, slang) A gun, firearm.]
▸ verb: Alternative letter-case form of scram [(intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.]
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