Brisant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  brisant \bri"sant\ adj.
     1. of or pertaining to brisance.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. having the ability to shatter, as contrasted with merely
        fracturing; -- of explosives.


  
     Note: the more brisant explosives, such as dynamite, will
           shatter rock into smaller fragments than the less
           brisant, such as gunpowder.
           [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brisant
       adj : of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an
             explosive