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megadeath

/ˈmeɡ.ə.deθ/

Übersetzung: Substantiv für den Tod von einer Million Menschen, oft als Maßeinheit in Diskussionen über Atomkrieg oder großflächige Katastrophen verwendet.

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C2formalcommon/ˈmeɡ.ə.deθ/

A noun referring to the death of one million people, often used as a unit of measurement in discussions of nuclear warfare or large-scale disasters.

  • 🇩🇪Substantiv für den Tod von einer Million Menschen, oft als Maßeinheit in Diskussionen über Atomkrieg oder großflächige Katastrophen verwendet.
  1. Unit of mass casualties C2 formal political

    The death of one million people, used as a measure of potential or hypothetical deaths, especially in the context of nuclear warfare or large-scale disasters.

    • The scenario predicted up to fifty megadeaths from a full-scale nuclear exchange.
    • Analysts discussed the potential megadeath toll of a global pandemic.
    • The term 'megadeath' was coined to conceptualize catastrophic human loss.

    🇩🇪Megatod

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