firing range
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of firing range
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The Broomway is a route across flat sands from the shore near Southend-on-Sea to Foulness Island and is home to a Ministry of Defence firing range.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
At the Butovo firing range, a Stalin-era execution site near Moscow that has become a shrine to his victims, visiting Russians warned against venerating the wartime leader or emulating his ideas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
He said that prior to the shooting, his father would take him to the firing range and instruct him in gun safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
Special agent Patrick Bauer, 47, was fatally wounded Thursday at a firing range in north Phoenix, the IRS said in a news release.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
I kept falling asleep, all day long, at the lectures we went to, and on the firing range, and everywhere else.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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