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MEGATON BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megaton bomb mean? 

MEGATON BOMB (noun)
  The noun MEGATON BOMB has 1 sense:

1. a nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNTplay

  Familiarity information: MEGATON BOMB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEGATON BOMB (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)


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