Associations to the word «Brisance»

Wiktionary

BRISANCE, noun. The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.

Dictionary definition

BRISANCE, noun. The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope