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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The horrors mount—a pit filled with dead bodies, a character executed point-blank for no reason beyond cruelty.
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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
The criminals were cold-blooded and purposefully going to kill, shoot our citizens at point-blank range — our children.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024
One graphic video showed shooters firing for a full minute at point-blank range on a group of people trapped in an entranceway.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Davis continued to lose his battles with Domantas Sabonis, an issue exacerbated as Davis missed a ton of point-blank shots.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
De La Salle missed a point-blank shot at the rim with around 35 seconds remaining to give Modesto the possession.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
The deputy shot the stun gun twice at Cure and hit him with a baton before shooting him with a gun at point-blank range.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
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
The criminals were cold-blooded and purposefully going to kill, shoot our citizens at point-blank range — our children.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024
One graphic video showed shooters firing for a full minute at point-blank range on a group of people trapped in an entranceway.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Davis continued to lose his battles with Domantas Sabonis, an issue exacerbated as Davis missed a ton of point-blank shots.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
De La Salle missed a point-blank shot at the rim with around 35 seconds remaining to give Modesto the possession.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
The deputy shot the stun gun twice at Cure and hit him with a baton before shooting him with a gun at point-blank range.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Point-blank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point-blank. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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