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メガトン爆弾 (メガトンばくだん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

メガトン爆ばく弾だん

Meanings

1

noun

megaton bomb

A nuclear weapon with an explosive yield measured in megatons of TNT.

冷れい戦せん時じ代だいにはメガトン爆ばく弾だんの開かい発はつ競きょう争そうが激げき化かした。
During the Cold War, the race to develop megaton bombs intensified.

Kanji

爆bomb, burst open, pop
弾bullet, twang, flip

Similar words

核かく爆ばく弾だん
核爆弾 is a general term for nuclear bombs, while メガトン爆弾 specifically refers to those with megaton-range yields.
水すい素そ爆ばく弾だん
水素爆弾 (hydrogen bomb) is a type of nuclear weapon that can achieve megaton yields, but メガトン爆弾 emphasizes the explosive power rather than the mechanism.

Etymology

Compound of メガトン (megaton) and 爆弾 (bomb). メガトン is a loanword from English 'megaton'.