point-blank
adjective
[ pɔɪntˈblaŋk ]
• (of a shot, bullet, or other missile) fired from very close to its target.
• "the bullet was fired at point-blank range"
Similar:
at very close range,
at point-blank range,
close up,
close to,
point-blank
adverb
• (of the firing of a shot, bullet, or other missile) from very close to its target.
• "Waxman fired the pistol point-blank at Clyde"
Origin:
late 16th century: probably from point + blank in the contemporaneous sense ‘white spot in the centre of a target’.
