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Etymology

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Name of a combining giant robot in the US animated television series Voltron: Defender of the Universe.

Noun

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Voltron (plural Voltrons)

  1. (informal) A group of things that are more powerful when combined.
    • 2020, Cody Johnston, Some More News: That Time Everyone Tried To Defend Injecting Bleach:
      Gee whiz, did [Scott Adams] use every single strategy we've mentioned, like a grifter Voltron: He combined semantics, diversion, and just batshit fantasy into an entire day of tweets.
  2. (collectible card games) A deck with a strategy of casting a single, powerful card.