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Destructive vs Megatonnage - What's the difference?

destructive | megatonnage |

As an adjective destructive

is causing destruction; damaging.

As a noun megatonnage is

the destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.

destructive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing destruction; damaging.
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  • Causing breakdown or disassembly.
    • Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.

    Synonyms

    * calamitous * catastrophic * devastating * disastrous * eradicative * harmful * pernicious * ruinous * wrackful * wreckful

    Antonyms

    * constructive * nondestructive * productive

    Related terms

    * destruct * destruction * destructively * destructiveness * destructivity

    megatonnage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=September 9, author=Harold Henderson, title=The City File, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage="We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 26, author=Dennis Hevesi, title=Randall Forsberg, 64, Nuclear Freeze Advocate, Dies, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=That simple idea gained increasing public support in the late 1970s and early 80s as an alternative to the complexities of the arms race, with its continuing posturing and intermittent negotiations about megatonnage , throw weight and inspections. }}