point-blank range

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point-blank range - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Point-blank \Point`-blank"\, a.
     1. Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed
        directly toward the mark.
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     2. Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language;
        as, a point-blank assertion.
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     Point-blank range, the extent of the apparent right line of
        a ball discharged.
  
     Point-blank shot, the shot of a gun pointed directly toward
        the object to be hit.
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