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brisant
  • a  of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive
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brisk
  • v  become brisk
    business brisked up
  • s  quick and energetic
    a brisk walk in the park
  • s  imparting vitality and energy
  • s  very active
    doing a brisk business
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bristled
  • v  be in a state of movement or action
    The garden bristled with toddlers
  • v  rise up as in fear
    The dog's fur bristled
  • v  have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
  • v  react in an offended or angry manner
    He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program
  • s  having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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bristly
  • s  very irritable
    bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
  • s  having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    a horse with a short bristly mane
    bristly shrubs
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british
  • n  the people of Great Britain
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
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