megatonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeɡ.ə.tʌn/us/ˈmeɡ.ə.tʌn/a unit that has the same value as the force produced by 1,000,000 tons of TNT (= an explosive), used for measuring the power of explosions, especially nuclear explosions
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