megaton
noun
one million tons.
multimegaton
-
a word derived from
megaton.
Example Sentences
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The Pentagon wants to do that in addition to Safeguard; the Air Force is already seeking out "hard rock" silo locations that would make ICBMs more resistant even to multimegaton near misses.
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The Atomic Energy Commission's announcement that it planned to test a multimegaton nuclear device under the Aleutian island of Amchitka last November touched off a shock wave of protest.
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While other telescopes picked up the flashes of light generated by the multimegaton impacts, only the space telescope could see details of the scars they left behind.
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To be sure, none of the deadly, multimegaton nuclear-bomb cases was armed, and all were packaged in radiation-proof shells.
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If a multimegaton explosion can be safely confined underground, the power it produces may be cheap enough to compete with electricity from conventional sources.
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