brisance

From French brisant, present participle of briser (“to break”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːzɑ̃s/

brisance (countable and uncountable, plural brisances)

1. The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 985:

     He thought he knew being aflame. But this was sustained explosion, reaching now and then a quite unendurable brisance.

• brisant

• carbines