: the destructive capability especially of a collection of nuclear weapons that is expressed in megatons
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/meg"euh tun'ij/, n.
the destructive capacity of nuclear explosives as measured in megatons.
[1960-65; MEGATON + -AGE, after TONNAGE]
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megˈatonnage noun
The total explosive capacity in megatons
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Main Entry: ↑mega-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.