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brisance

(n): the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
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about 1 year ago vara said:

"One explanation was that half-filled acetylene tanks wrapped around the explosives not only served to enhance the brisance of the charge - the destructive fragmentation effect - but also to ensure the obliteration of the explosives along with the driver and detonator." Robert Baer, See No Evil, p67.

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