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megadeath

noun
/ˈmɛɡədɛθ/UK/ˈmɛɡəˌdɛθ/US

Etymology

PIE word *méǵh₂s From mega- (prefix meaning ‘one million; very large, great’) + death.

  1. inherited from *dʰówtus✻
  2. inherited from *dauþuz✻
  3. inherited from *dauþu✻
  4. inherited from dēaþ
  5. inherited from deeth
  6. formed as megadeath — “mega- + death”

Definitions

  1. One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure for estimating deaths due to nuclear…

    One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure for estimating deaths due to nuclear warfare.

  2. The deaths of a very large number of people

    The deaths of a very large number of people; a massacre, a slaughter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for megadeath. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA