Usually means: Measure of an explosive's shattering power.
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  1. brisance: Merriam-Webster
  2. brisance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. brisance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Brisance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. brisance: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.

Similar:
shellburst, blast, fragmentation, blastwave, groundburst, shattering, burst, bang, explosion, strain burst, more...

Opposite:
unexplosive, non-shattering, non-detonating

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Similar:
shellburst, blast, fragmentation, blastwave, groundburst, shattering, burst, bang, explosion, strain burst, more...

Opposite:
unexplosive, non-shattering, non-detonating



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