point-blank
Collocations
5ADJ.
double
VERB + POINT-BLANK
asked, including, said, shooting, told, wounds
POINT-BLANK + NOUN
clergymen, shots, witnesses
PREP.
from, up
ADV.
seldom, seriously
Definitions
adj
Very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).
The distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.
Now, here's a useful tool—.470, telescopic sight, double ejector, point-blank up to three-fifty. That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago.
Heavily armed militants launched a series of coordinated attacks in rural Assam on Tuesday, pulling villagers from their homes and shooting them at point-blank range, witnesses said.
Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt; outright.
a point-blank assertion
At this point-blank denial, Stephen turned his face away decisively, and preserved an ominous silence; […]
adv
In a direct manner, without hesitation.
One day, when he was doing some valuation for me, he told me point-blank that clergymen seldom understood anything about business, and did mischief when they meddled; […]
About a week afterwards she said to him, point-blank, “Are you seriously making love to your little cousin?”
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — characterized by directness in manner or speech
- blunt
- candid
- forthright
- frank
- free-spoken
- outspoken
- plainspoken
- straight-from-the-shoulder
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Now, here's a useful tool—.470, telescopic sight, double ejector, point-blank up to three-fifty. That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago.
WiktionaryHeavily armed militants launched a series of coordinated attacks in rural Assam on Tuesday, pulling villagers from their homes and shooting them at point-blank range, witnesses said.
WiktionaryFifteen of those people had died of natural causes, the rest from gunshot wounds, including point-blank shots, or from shrapnel.
WiktionaryOne day, when he was doing some valuation for me, he told me point-blank that clergymen seldom understood anything about business, and did mischief when they meddled; […]
WiktionaryAbout a week afterwards she said to him, point-blank, “Are you seriously making love to your little cousin?”
WiktionaryMy father addressed himself to the gentleman point-blank, and there was quite a disturbance.
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