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brisances

brisances is the plural of brisance.

Meaning of brisance

Noun

brisance (countable and uncountable, plural brisances)

  1. The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.
    • He thought he knew being aflame. But this was sustained explosion, reaching now and then a quite unendurable brisance.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 985

Questions about brisances

What is brisances the plural of?
Brisances is the plural of brisance.

Words near brisances in the dictionary

  1. bris periah
  2. Brisac
  3. Brisach
  4. Brisack
  5. brisance
  6. brisances
  7. brisant
  8. Brisbane
  9. Brisbane box
  10. Brisbane Grove
  11. Brisbane lily

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