brisantadj.
/ˈbriːzɒ̃/ Of explosives: shattering, smashing, breaking.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces
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brisant1905
smithereening1959
1905 A. Larsen tr. C. E. Bichel New Meth. Test. Explosives 18 In this translation the word ‘brisant’ (explosives) has sometimes been used in preference to the rather inadequate expression ‘high’.
1906 Times 14 Mar. Although these brisant substances belong directly to chemistry.
1918 E. de W. S. Colver High Explosives 594 The genuine brisant explosives can only be detonated by means of the energy of a primary explosive.
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