point-blank in English

adjective

1

(of a shot, bullet, or other missile) fired from very close to its target.

the weapon was inaccurate beyond point-blank range

synonyms: at close range, close up, close to

adjective

• blunt, direct, straight, straightforward, frank, candid, forthright, explicit, unequivocal, plain, clear, flat, decisive, unqualified, categorical, outright
• candid, straight-from-the-shoulder, blunt, free-spoken, plainspoken, forthright, frank, outspoken

adverb

• at close range, close up, close to
• bluntly, directly, straight, frankly, candidly, openly, explicitly, unequivocally, unambiguously, plainly, flatly, categorically, outright

Use "point-blank" in a sentence

1. I shot him point-blank.

2. He rejected their invitation point-blank.

3. He fired point-blank at Bernadette.

4. The shotgun wound indicates point-blank range.

5. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range.

6. He refused point-blank to be photographed.

7. He shot her at point-blank range.

8. The hunter shot the bear point-blank.

9. She fired point-blank at his chest.

10. Gerard refused point-blank to co-operate.

11. He fired the gun from point-blank range.

12. 29 She gave him a point - blank refusal.

13. The bullet was fired at point-blank range .

14. He refused point-blank to identify his accomplices.

15. The second enemy took aim at point-blank range.

16. The victim was shot point-blank in the chest.

17. She aimed a pistol at the bandit point - blank.

18. It's like being shot point blank with a shotgun.

19. Both men had been shot at point-blank range .

20. The officer was shot dead at point-blank range .

21. He was shot in the chest at point blank range.

22. I asked him point-blank what he was doing there.

23. One of the tanks was firing beehive rounds point-blank.

24. The gunman had missed his intended target from point-blank range.

25. 19 He was shot in the chest at point blank range.

26. Two bullets were fired into the car at point-blank range.

27. Our guys fired a whole fucking clip at him, point blank.

28. 1 They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle.

29. I told him point-blank that I didn't want to get involved.

30. The army apparently refused point blank to do what was required of them.

31. When she made them swap horses in their lessons, he refused point-blank.

32. He asked me to work at the weekend, but I refused point-blank.

33. 3 He had murdered Perceval at point blank range with a single shot.

34. According to police, both men were shot with silenced weapons at point-blank range.

35. He told us point - blank that his company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

36. Massenga pulled a Mini-Uzi from inside his overall and shot Sibele at point-blank range.

37. The Merrimac laid off at easy point-blank range, discharging her broadsides alternately at the Cumberland and the Congress.

38. The dolphins were trained to use pressurized canisters to shoot intruders with a.45 calibre bullets at point-blank range.

39. The men broke into the building at the dead of night, and shot their victims point-blank as they slept.

40. Shoot Point Blank is committed to providing a responsible and enjoyable place for all skill levels to shop, shoot, and learn about firearms

41. The monitor HMS Terror moored some 500 yd (460 m) away from Baden to fire her 15 in (38 cm) guns from point-blank range.

42. At 01:48, Akatsuki and Hiei turned on large searchlights and lit up Atlanta only 3,000 yd (2,700 m) away—almost point-blank range for large naval artillery.

43. There, several people in a blue Jetta without plates shot him at nearly point-blank range with a 45-calibre pistol and wounded him three times in the abdomen.

44. Every “Ambiguously brown” person understands how this works in reality: people tend asking point-blank “what you are,” or smugly assume they already know, pinning your brown body down and

45. Bonzers Rule! i've been riding them for about 11 years now----and no matter what i try i always come back to the bonzer---i have a 8'5" point blank and a 7'8" campbell bros

46. (I'm) sorry I asked (it) doesn't hurt to ask (it) never hurts to ask (one's) for the Asking a big ask ask (one) around ask (one) in(to some place) ask (one) out ask (one) over ask (one) point-blank ask (someone) for (one's) hand ask (someone) round ask

47. Busting was the fourteenth collaboration between producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, which started 1967’s POINT BLANK and later encompassed RAGING BULL, the ROCKY series, Scorcese’s NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Ken Russell’s VALENTINO, Philip Kaufmann’s THE RIGHT STUFF, and the 2011 remake of the Charles Bronson film THE MECHANIC.

48. Busting was the fourteenth collaboration between producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, which started 1967’s POINT BLANK and later encompassed RAGING BULL, the ROCKY series, Scorcese’s NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Ken Russell’s VALENTINO, Philip Kaufmann’s THE RIGHT STUFF, and the 2011 remake of the Charles Bronson film THE MECHANIC.