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To move hurriedly from or into a particular place or position
“Meanwhile, those few who had managed to scramble ashore were sheltering below a ruined Turkish fort.”
To make one's way quickly or awkwardly, typically in an upward direction
“Pedestrians took their lives in their hands, running the tree-lined gauntlet while being forced to scramble up steep bankings if two vehicles met on the narrow stretch.”
To struggle or compete with others in an eager or uncontrolled way
“This is a new benchmark for LCD production that competitors will have to scramble to emulate.”
To cause disarray or disorganization in the order of
“I typically scramble the arrangement of the grid so that there are two or three different forms of the bingo card.”
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher
To prepare food for consumption, usually using heat
To struggle tenaciously to achieve something
To drive away or cause to disperse
To become entangled or intertwined
To come out from a defensive position to make an attack
To linger behind or wander from a main line or part
To walk for a long distance, especially across country
A rush or hurry towards a destination or goal
“For the next hour, it was a mad scramble for the finish line.”
An eager or uncontrolled struggle against others to obtain or achieve something
“There would be a great scramble for jobs and cutthroat competition among workers at the time.”
A difficult or hurried clamber up or over something
“The trail starts off with a quite steep ascent and a bit of a scramble over rocky terrain to various viewpoints.”
A disorganized assortment of things
“There was a scramble of junk in the bed of the pickup to make it appear to be just another vehicle carrying scavenged items for resale at some bazaar.”
The state or condition of being topsy-turvy, disorderly or muddled
A trip or a set amount of traveling
A situation or state of confused or violent activity or movement
A confused mass of something twisted together
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