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MEGATON BOMB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("megaton bomb" is a kind of...):
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
atomic weapon; nuclear weapon (a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction)