Brisance Definition

brĭ-zäns, -zäɴs
noun
The shattering effect of the sudden release of energy, as in an explosion of nitroglycerin.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Brisance

Noun

Singular:
brisance
Plural:
brisances

Origin of Brisance

  • French from brisant present participle of briser to break from Old French brisier from Vulgar Latin brisiāre perhaps of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French brisant, present participle of briser (“to break”).

    From Wiktionary

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BBRBRI

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ECENCE

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