point-blank
Adjective
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Adjective
point-blank
- (forensics) very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).
- (ballistics) the distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.
- Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt.
- a point-blank assertion
- French: de but en blanc, à bout portant
- Italian: a bruciapelo
- Portuguese: a queima-roupa
- Russian: в упо́р
- Spanish: a bocajarro, a quemarropa
- French: à brûle-pourpoint
- Italian: a bruciapelo
- Russian: напрями́к
point-blank
- In a direct manner, without hesitation.
- French: à brûle-pourpoint, de but en blanc
- Italian: a bruciapelo
- Spanish: a bocajarro, a quemarropa
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