megadeath

[ meg-uh-deth ]

noun

1. a unit of one million deaths: used in estimating or predicting the fatalities that would occur in a nuclear war.

megadeath

/ ˈmɛɡəˌdɛθ /

noun

1. the death of a million people, esp in a nuclear war or attack

Word History and Origins

Origin of megadeath¹

First recorded in 1950–55; mega- + death

Example Sentences

How many puppeteers do we use in Megadeath?

From New York Times

The lead singer of Megadeath, Dave Mustaine, added to the condolences:

From The Guardian

School of Rock: Megadeath vs Metallica, 5 p.m.,

From Seattle Times

Even the nuclear realists, busy as their minds must be with calculations of acceptable levels of megadeath, would not want to overlook anything.

From Literature

“You don’t know whether they’re manufacturing pantyhose or megadeath,” Lewis Baltz wrote of his characteristically stark, monochromatic images of factories in Southern California in a 1992 exhibition catalogue.

From Time