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BRISANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brisance mean?
• BRISANCE (noun)
The noun BRISANCE has 1 sense:
1. the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
Familiarity information: BRISANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("brisance" is a kind of...):
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)
Derivation:
brisant (of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive)
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