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megaton
/ ˌmɛɡəˈtɒnɪk; ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn /
noun
- one million tons
- an explosive power, esp of a nuclear weapon, equal to the power of one million tons of TNT mt
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Derived Forms
- megatonic, adjective
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Other Words From
- meg·a·ton·ic [meg-, uh, -, ton, -ik], adjective
- multi·mega·ton noun
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Example Sentences
Larch put off another entertainment of small stuff, with a fifty megaton thermonuclear, viewscreen-piloted, among them.
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They dropped a five-megaton bomb on each one, and blew both of them to Em-See-Square.
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Standard megaton-kilometer field shelters, earth and log construction.
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