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View definitions for point-blank

point-blank

adjective as in at close range

adjective as in straightforward

adverb as in straightforwardly

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The report documented the shooting at point-blank range of some protesters, the deliberate maiming of others, arbitrary arrests and torture.

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He’s asked me point-blank, “Why do they hate us? Can I not go to basketball games anymore?”

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A hit man shot the mayor at point-blank range in a crowded city square.

Videos shared online by the Sudan Doctors Network and other local rights groups appear to show militia members shooting unarmed civilians at point-blank range in the city on the fringes of the Sahara.

He later claimed that snipers had been stationed at the house across from his, and were "firing at point-blank range at the people".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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