kiloton

/ˈkɪləˌtʌn/

IPA: /K IH1 L AH0 T AA0 N/

noun

1
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
“That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.”

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