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kiloton Noun

— A kiloton is a unit that is used to determine how strong an explosion caused by a bomb is. The unit is based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to make the same size explosion.

kiloton

— noun one thousand tons

— noun a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT

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