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noun 
  1. The shatter, shattering effect of the energy release, released in an explosion.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 985:
    • :He thought he knew being aflame. But this was sustained explosion, reaching now and then a quite unendurable .
Translations: 
  • German: Brisanz
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From (term, brisant), present participle of (term, briser, , to break).


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