Megatonnage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons. countable, uncountable

    ""We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area."

Example

More examples

""We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area."

Etymology

From mega- + tonnage.

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