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What is a megaton?

What is a megaton? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
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Goodwin looked like someone had hit her behind the eyes with a quarter megaton of fissionables as her swarthy face darkened and her hands on the table clinched.
In 1908, 2,000 square kilometres of Siberian forest were flattened by a 10-15 megaton impact.
Each Polaris A-1 carried a warhead of one megaton and had a range of 1,400 miles.
Inside the car, the hundred megaton speakers may be transmitting the unique sound of some howling pop star with an ululating mouth harp and a back-up band, heavy on drums.
Nearby in Balaclava, a submarine base is cut out of the side of a mountain, making it invisible to surveillance and able to withstand a 10 megaton nuclear explosion.
He was a jocular, gregarious giant who chattered on about fallout shelters, megaton bombs, and the incineration of millions.

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