This encyclopedia entry says RDX "is considered the most powerful and brisant of the military high explosives.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

Le Tribunal de grande instance de Casablanca peut faire l’Histoire en brisant cette série de jugements arbitraires.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morocco: Bloggers Rally Behind Fouad Mourtada] Reference

The Brezon ” brisant, breaking wave ” he took as type of the billowy form of limestone Alps in general, and his analysis of it was serviceable and substantially correct.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of John Ruskin]