point-blank

[ point-blangk ]

/ ˈpɔɪntˈblæŋk /

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adjective

aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.

straightforward, plain, or explicit: a point-blank denial.

adverb

with a direct aim; directly; straight.

bluntly; frankly: She told him point-blank that he was not welcome.

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Origin of point-blank

First recorded in 1565–75

Words nearby point-blank

point angle, point attractor, point B, point bar, point-bearing pile, point-blank, point charge, point count, point coupé, point d'Alençon, point d'Angleterre

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How to use point-blank in a sentence

The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
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Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
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His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
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Judged from this point of view only, the elasticity provided by the new law is doubtless adequate.
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That is the only point in which one sees Liszt's sense of his own greatness; otherwise his manner is remarkably unassuming.
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When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
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British Dictionary definitions for point-blank

point-blank

adjective

aimed or fired at a target so close that it is unnecessary to make allowance for the drop in the course of the projectile
permitting such aim or fire without loss of accuracyat point-blank range

plain or blunta point-blank question

adverb

directly or straight

plainly or bluntly

Word Origin for point-blank

C16: from point + blank (in the sense: centre spot of an archery target)

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