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adjective having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
Origin of short-range First recorded in 1865–70
Words nearby short-range short odds, short of, short order, short palmar muscle, short radial extensor muscle of wrist, short-range , short rate, short ribs, short-run, shorts, short sale
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Example sentences from the Web for short-range On February 28, North Korea fired four short-range missiles into the East Sea, better known as the Sea of Japan.
The Ominous Meaning of North Korea’s Missile Launches | Gordon G. Chang| February 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
What is basically being attempted is a ballistic, sub-orbital flight, like a ride atop a short-range missile.
Branson’s Galactic Obstacles: Tom Bower Puts a Damper on Virgin’s Space Flight Dreams | Clive Irving| January 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A short-range rocket was fired Thursday early in the morning from Gaza into the Israeli city of Sderot.
Obama Meets Palestine’s Abbas in the Wild Wild West Bank | Eli Lake| March 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The Americans decided not to push explicitly for removal of the short-range missiles.
The Commander-in-Chief Test: What the Cuban Missile Crisis Tells Us About JFK | David G. Coleman| October 16, 2012| DAILY BEAST
There were also dozens of short-range nuclear missiles in Cuba.
The Commander-in-Chief Test: What the Cuban Missile Crisis Tells Us About JFK | David G. Coleman| October 16, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Five of the patrol boats are of the modern Soviet Osa class and carry a short-range surface-to-surface missile.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
But the waiting marksmen fired at it with short-range heat projectors and exploded it harmlessly while it was still above them.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 | Various
In long-range—or, for the matter of that, short-range —bombardments of the Flanders littoral by warships I placed no trust.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 | Sir Stanley Maude
Some units are equipped with short-range missiles and unguided rockets.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria | Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
The Commissioner had the short-range communicator on when they came hurrying back to the control room together.
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British Dictionary definitions for short-range adjective of small or limited extent in time or distance a short-range forecast ; a short-range gun
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