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megadeath definition

☆ mega·death (-det̸h′)

noun

one million dead persons: a unit in computing the hypothetical victims of a nuclear explosion

Etymology: mega- + death

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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