scram vs yield

scram

verb
  • To leave in a hurry; to go away. 

  • To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw. 

  • Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency. 

  • To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency. 

noun
  • A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency. 

  • The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown. 

  • A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails. 

yield

verb
  • To give way; to succumb to a force. 

  • To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. 

  • To produce as a result. 

  • To give, or give forth, (anything). 

  • To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law. 

  • To produce as return, as from an investment. 

  • To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate. 

  • To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation. 

  • To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. 

  • To give way; to allow another to pass first. 

noun
  • Profit earned from an investment; return on investment. 

  • A product; the quantity of something produced. 

  • The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuke, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent. 

  • The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond. 

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