point-blankadverb [ before noun ], adjective
uk/ˌpɔɪntˈblæŋk/us/ˌpɔɪntˈblæŋk/point-blank adverb [ before noun ], adjective (CLOSE)
Point-blank shooting is done from a gun that is fired from extremely close to the target or when almost touching it:
Two bullets were fired into the car at point-blank range.
a point-blank shot
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- fire sth off
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- potshot
- recoil
- shoot
- shooting gallery
- shot
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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Closeness in distance and time
point-blank adverb [ before noun ], adjective (NOT POLITE)
saying something very clearly in very few words, without trying to be polite or pleasant:
He asked me to work at the weekend, but I refused point-blank.
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Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- abrupt
- baldly
- blunt
- bluntly
- brusque
- brutal
- forward
- frank
- in a word idiom
- in the raw idiom
- man-to-man
- mince
- not mince (your) words idiom
- raw
- shoot from the hip idiom
- straight
- term
- terse
- unvarnished
- woman-to-woman
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