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
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Say stopped point-blank shots from Beckett Hendrickson and Sam Rinzel, then scrambled to cover a rebound in the crease before Mason Nevers could get his stick on it.
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Patrick Donnelly, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
Much later in the meeting, another resident asked point-blank if the nonprofit was under contract to buy the building.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
Anibal Godoy had a point-blank look at the goal in the 40th minute that went wide.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The circumstances surrounding the death of Stephanie Rodriguez — shot at point-blank range in the San Fernando house of Torres’ late mother — raised questions of whether she’d been targeted in a wider campaign against her partner.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Donnelly, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
Much later in the meeting, another resident asked point-blank if the nonprofit was under contract to buy the building.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
Anibal Godoy had a point-blank look at the goal in the 40th minute that went wide.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The circumstances surrounding the death of Stephanie Rodriguez — shot at point-blank range in the San Fernando house of Torres’ late mother — raised questions of whether she’d been targeted in a wider campaign against her partner.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Point-blank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point-blank. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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