firing range
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of firing range
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 told me to let go of him. I said no, I'll carry you on my shoulder. Then another person also joined hands and we went down the hills and out of firing range."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 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
Other agencies were also at the firing range at the time of the shooting, BOP spokesperson Aimee Arthur-Wastell told the Arizona Republic.
From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023
A bonfire was announced for six-thirty the following Thursday evening over at the sheriff’s firing range on Yukon.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
