firing range
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of firing range
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
It provides "command and leadership training, infantry tactics training, weapons training, and live firing range qualifications" as well as providing "specialist training teams to assist foreign forces in their development".
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024
In an effort to show that she never meant to fire the .45, the defense established that she had taken shooting lessons at a firing range and knew her way around firearms.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
On the firing range, guns equipped with either bump stocks or forced-reset triggers certainly look and sound like machine guns.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 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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