If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
The dug-outs were secure from everything but a direct hit.
direct hit in British English
(dɪˈrɛkt hɪt)
noun
an instance in which a shell or bomb actually strikes something and destroys or damages it (as opposed to landing close to it and destroying or damaging it by its blast, fragments etc)
The dug-outs were secure from everything but a direct hit.
The building had taken a direct hit from a 500 lb bomb.
Examples of 'direct hit' in a sentence
direct hit
The family hid under the stairs but we took a direct hit with a bomb.
The Sun (2016)
I realized within seconds that we had just taken a direct hit.
Richard Holmes Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006)
The third kick in the guts administered to English sports fans was the most direct hit of the lot.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He had been in the first world war and it upset him dreadfully, hearing this young soldier talking about how he took a direct hit.