megatonne

noun

Meaning

A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

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Related words

megatons(English)tonnes(English)gigatonne(English)kilotonne(English)mega-storm(English)the bomb(English)time-bomb(English)letterbomb(English)

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