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noun

Point-blank n.

1.

The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. (Obs.)

2.

(Mil.)

(a)

With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory.

(b)

With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.

adjective

Point-blank adj.

1.

Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark.

2.

Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; said of language; as, a point-blank assertion.

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.

adverb

Point-blank adv. In a point-blank manner. "To sin point-blank against God's word."

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Etymology of 'Point-blank'

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"Point-blank" Quotes from Famous Books

... hearing of such a heavy loss, he almost went out of his mind. He calculated the various sums she had lost, and pointed out to her that in six months she had spent half a million of francs; that neither their Moscow nor Saratoff estates were in Paris; and, finally, refused point-blank to pay the debt. My grandmother gave him a box on the ear and slept by herself as a sign of her displeasure. The next day she sent for her husband, hoping that this domestic punishment had produced an effect upon ...

— The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales • Various

... we might have expected. Mrs. Hepzibah refuses point-blank to sell her stock—won't talk about it. 'The idea of parting with it now, when it is actually worth more than it was when we bought it!'" he quoted, mimicking the thin-lipped, acidulous protest. "Later, in an ...

— The Grafters • Francis Lynde

... herself beyond retreating. He intended to wear this anxious face a long while. But his artificial snow had to melt, so real a sun shone full on it. The moment he looked full at Zoe, she repaid him with such a point-blank beam of glorious tenderness and gratitude as made him thrill with passion as well as triumph. He felt her whole heart was his, and from that hour his poverty would never be allowed to weigh with her. He cleared up, ...

— The Woman-Hater • Charles Reade

... the same reason, the gunners on the ships could not see the forts, the great steel calling-cards of the British Empire came falling out of nowhere as regularly and with as deadly precision as though they were being fired at point-blank range. ...

— The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the AEgean • Edward Alexander Powell

... applause. "Holy Willie's Prayer" next made its appearance, and alarmed the kirk-session so much, that they held several meetings to look over their spiritual artillery, if haply any of it might be pointed against profane rhymers. Unluckily for me, my wanderings led me on another side, within point-blank shot of their heaviest metal. This is the unfortunate story that gave rise to my printed poem, "The Lament." This was a most melancholy affair, which I cannot yet bear to reflect on, and had very nearly given me one or two of the principal ...

— Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) - Authors and Journalists • Various

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