at close range

idiom

: from a short distance
The gun is made for shooting at close range.

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The case involved a 2017 daylight attack where Inman followed, confronted and shot a man in the chest at close range at a shopping center on West Sugar Creek Road, according to a 2019 news release by the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Dec. 2025 The footage shows Wilson emerging at close range as Gold moved toward the corridor. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025 An autopsy report showed that Villegas-Gonzales was shot in the neck at close range and also suffered gunshot graze wounds to two fingers. Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025 But the 18mm cartridge was capable of penetrating 55 layers of Kevlar at close range, and Harwood stood six feet away without any shield at all. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at close range

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“At close range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20close%20range. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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