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brisant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective brisant has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
brisant, adj.
- of or pertaining to brisance. [WordNet 1.5]
- having the ability to shatter, as contrasted with merely fracturing; -- of explosives."the more brisant explosives, such as dynamite, will shatter rock into smaller fragments than the less brisant, such as gunpowder." [WordNet 1.5]
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