POINT-BLANK | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of point-blank in English point-blankadverb [ before noun ], adjective uk /ˌpɔɪntˈblæŋk/ us /ˌpɔɪntˈblæŋk/

point-blank adverb [before noun], adjective (CLOSE)

Add to word list Add to word list 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 Guns

• artillery
• blaster
• blaze
• cannon
• cannonade
• cannonball
• carry a gun
• discharge
• gun crime
• gunfire
• gunnery
• gunpoint
• gunsmith
• plug
• rifle range
• salvo
• semi-automatically
• semiautomatic
• shoot someone down phrasal verb
• shoot up phrasal verb

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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. Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour

• abruptly
• abruptness
• bald
• baldly
• baldness
• blisteringly
• bluff
• curt
• directly
• directness
• downrightly
• edgelord
• flat out phrase
• outspoken
• outspokenly
• plain speaking
• plain-spoken
• plainness
• suffer
• vocal

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point-blank | American Dictionary

point-blankadverb [ not gradable ] us /ˈpɔɪntˈblæŋk/ Add to word list Add to word list aimed or fired directly at from a close position: He was shot in the back, point-blank. fig. He asked me point-blank (= directly) if I was lying. (Definition of point-blank from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of point-blank?

Translations of point-blank

in Chinese (Traditional) 很近的, （開火）近距離地（的），抵近地（的）, 不禮貌的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 很近的, （开火）近距离地（的），抵近地（的）, 不礼貌的… See more in Spanish a quemarropa, rotundo, categórico… See more in Portuguese à queima-roupa, categórico, expressamente… See more in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian açıkça, dobra dobra, ağzında gevelemeden… See more tout net, de but en blanc, à bout portant… See more 単刀直入（たんとうちょくにゅう）に… See more van heel dichtbij, bot… See more bezprostřední, těsný, přímo… See more på nært hold, direkte, blankt… See more sangat dekat, tiba-tiba… See more ซึ่งในระยะใกล้, อย่างฉับพลัน… See more bắn thẳng, thẳng thừng… See more bez ogródek, z bliska, ni stąd ni z owąd… See more på (från) nära håll, rakt på sak… See more dekat, mentah-mentah… See more Kernschuss-…, rundheraus… See more blankt, plent, tvert… See more в упор, рішуче… See more Need a translator?

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