'Point-blank range' definitions:
Definition of 'Point-blank range'
From: GCIDE
- Point-blank \Point`-blank"\, a.
- 1. Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language; as, a point-blank assertion. [1913 Webster]
- Point-blank range, the extent of the apparent right line of a ball discharged.
- Point-blank shot, the shot of a gun pointed directly toward the object to be hit. [1913 Webster]