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megatonnage en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- + tonnage.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
   • That simple idea gained increasing public support in the late 1970s and early 80s as an alternative to the complexities of the arms race, with its continuing posturing and intermittent negotiations about megatonnage, throw weight and inspections. 2007 October 26, Dennis Hevesi, “Randall Forsberg, 64, Nuclear Freeze Advocate, Dies”, in New York Times:
   • "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. 1988 September 9, Harold Henderson, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader:

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