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
Examples of point-blank in a Sentence
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Nathan Flowers scored from point-blank range with 53.6 seconds on the first-half clock.
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
Bassett found Djordje Mihailovic crashing toward the six-yard box, but his shot was blocked from point-blank range by a sliding Bjørn Utvik.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
Concordia Prep goalie Logan Tawney made several key saves from point-blank range to keep his team alive against St. John’s Catholic Prep in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference championship game.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
—Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
She was found dead in her home in Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles in December 2000, shot point-blank in the back of the head.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
The horrors mount—a pit filled with dead bodies, a character executed point-blank for no reason beyond cruelty.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
George’s body-camera video appears to show Lynch rising up off the other officer, and George firing a fifth, fatal shot at point-blank range into Lynch’s neck.
—Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In 2021, Nichelle Thomas, 51, was killed in a point-blank shooting entering the same deli in Park Slope.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
Bassett found Djordje Mihailovic crashing toward the six-yard box, but his shot was blocked from point-blank range by a sliding Bjørn Utvik.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
Concordia Prep goalie Logan Tawney made several key saves from point-blank range to keep his team alive against St. John’s Catholic Prep in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference championship game.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
—Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
She was found dead in her home in Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles in December 2000, shot point-blank in the back of the head.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
The horrors mount—a pit filled with dead bodies, a character executed point-blank for no reason beyond cruelty.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
George’s body-camera video appears to show Lynch rising up off the other officer, and George firing a fifth, fatal shot at point-blank range into Lynch’s neck.
—Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In 2021, Nichelle Thomas, 51, was killed in a point-blank shooting entering the same deli in Park Slope.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Point-blank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point-blank. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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