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[ point -blangk ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɔɪntˈblæŋk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
straightforward, plain, or explicit: a point-blank denial.
adverb with a direct aim; directly; straight.
bluntly; frankly: She told him point-blank that he was not welcome.
Origin of point-blank First recorded in 1565–75
Words nearby point-blank point angle, point attractor, point B, point bar, point-bearing pile, point-blank , point charge, point count, point coupé, point d'Alençon, point d'Angleterre
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Example sentences from the Web for point-blank I come back to the way the older man at the book fair asked his question so point-blank .
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She shot her at point-blank range in the back of the head while out looking at flowers.
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If she had been trying to kill him, she had been at point-blank range.
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In it, a riot cop blasts her in the face at point-blank range with tear gas.
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I finally asked Pearce point-blank if he made up the post; he laughed and denied it.
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He had a pistol in his hand, and no sooner did his gaze fall on me than he levelled the weapon at me and fired it point-blank .
A Middy of the Slave Squadron | Harry Collingwood
The second shot had gone clear through her skull, and, being fired at point-blank distance, had almost blown her head off.
The Boy With the U. S. Foresters | Francis Rolt-Wheeler
For some minutes the Canadian seemed considerably embarrassed; this point-blank question troubled him singularly.
The White Scalper | Gustave Aimard
Three powerful monitors were to oppose him at point-blank range.
The Civil War Through the Camera | Henry W. (Henry William) Elson
Oh, mother, do you not see you've told him point-blank that it's all settled?
Bylow Hill | George Washington Cable
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British Dictionary definitions for point-blank adjective aimed or fired at a target so close that it is unnecessary to make allowance for the drop in the course of the projectile permitting such aim or fire without loss of accuracy at point-blank range plain or blunt a point-blank question
adverb directly or straight
plainly or bluntly
Word Origin for point-blank C16: from point + blank (in the sense: centre spot of an archery target)
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Words related to point-blank direct, frank, plain, straight, blunt, close, unqualified, unreserved