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BRISANCE

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

• BRISANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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