Past tense of scram
regular verb
The past tense of scram is scrammed. The past participle is also scrammed.
Forms of scram
| Base form (V1) | scram /skɹæm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scrammed |
| Past participle (V3) | scrammed |
| Present participle | scramming |
| Third person singular | scrams |
Past tense of scram by meaning
- to leave in a hurry; to go away.: scrammed
- to shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons...: scramed or scrammed
Scrammed in a sentence
- Then he scrammed on the family and that was that.2015, David Spade, Almost Interesting: The Memoir, HarperCollins, →ISBN
- This shut off current to the control rod mechanism, and the reactor scrammed (shut off) automatically.1984, Charles Perrow, “Nuclear Power as a High-risk System”, in Normal Accidents: Living with High-risk Technologies, Princeton, N.J....
- I'm looking for a guy — been a swack up and down this coast for twenty years — he scrammed with a bundle of my loot.1963, Duncan Thorp, Thanks, Yer Honor: A Novel, page 153. From the entry swack
Meaning of scram
- verb To leave in a hurry; to go away.
- noun A gun, firearm.
- verb To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
Questions about the past tense of scram
- What is the past tense of scram?
- The past tense of scram is scrammed.
- What is the past participle of scram?
- The past participle of scram is scrammed.
- Is scram a regular or irregular verb?
- Scram is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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