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brisance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brisance has 1 sense
- brisance(n = noun.phenomenon) Array - the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion; Array is a kind of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
Derived form adjective brisant1
CIDE DICTIONARY
brisance, n.
the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion; -- used especially as a measure of such a shattering power, applied to high explosives. [WordNet 1.5]
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