megatonnage
noun
mega·ton·nage
ˈme-gə-ˌtə-nij 
: the destructive capability especially of a collection of nuclear weapons that is expressed in megatons
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The car is repaired, and the tour resumes, but from that point on the filmmakers link the grotesque genocidal past of the country’s western expansion to the deadly megatonnage lying beneath the bleak, often beautiful landscape.
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Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
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Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
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“Megatonnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megatonnage. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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