point-blank
adjective
1
a
: marked by no appreciable drop below initial horizontal line of flight
b
: so close to a target that a missile fired will travel in a straight line to the mark
point-blank
adverb
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Gabby Provenzano rose at the near post and powered home a header from point-blank range in the 81st minute, assisted by Sabrina McNeill’s cross off a corner.
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
In July 2014, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was shot twice in the head at point-blank range while sitting in his car outside his home, shortly after dropping off his children at preschool and going to the gym.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Smith said an autopsy showed the child was shot at point-blank range.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Kitty was shot in the face at point-blank range as she was already wounded, bleeding, and trying to crawl away, prosecutors said.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
In July 2014, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was shot twice in the head at point-blank range while sitting in his car outside his home, shortly after dropping off his children at preschool and going to the gym.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Smith said an autopsy showed the child was shot at point-blank range.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Kitty was shot in the face at point-blank range as she was already wounded, bleeding, and trying to crawl away, prosecutors said.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Point-blank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point-blank. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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