brisance
English edit
Etymology edit
From French brisant, present participle of briser (“to break”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brisance (countable and uncountable, plural brisances)
- The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 985:
- He thought he knew being aflame. But this was sustained explosion, reaching now and then a quite unendurable brisance.
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Translations edit
shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion