megadeath

noun

mega·death ˈme-gə-ˌdeth

: one million deaths

—usually used as a unit in reference to nuclear warfare

Examples of megadeath in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Megascale is nearly the existential threat that megadeath is. —

Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2020

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