Point Blank Meaning

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Point blank meaning. What s the origin of the phrase point blank. What s the meaning of the phrase point blank. Point is a little more ambiguous. Straightforward plain or explicit.

Marked by no appreciable drop below initial horizontal line of flight. Point blank webster s revised unabridged dictionary published 1913 by g. Point blank synonyms point blank pronunciation point blank translation english dictionary definition of point blank. The extent of the apparent right line of a ball discharged.

Close enough to go directly to a target. The fact that he was shot at point blank range suggests the perpetrator was easily able to get close. Adjective at an extremely close distance such that a projectile is very unlikely to miss and will deal the maximum amount of damage possible. With a straight aim.

Adjective resolute and inflexible. Aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range. So close to a target that a missile fired will travel in a straight line to the mark. In the late middle ages when point blank was coined archery and artillery targets were usually white.

Close enough so that missing the target is unlikely or impossible.