short-range
having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
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How to use short-range in a sentence
But the Apaches are short range and need maintenance troops to deploy with them into a location within Iraq itself.
Air Force Pilots Say They're Flying Blind Against ISIS | Dave Majumdar | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn February 28, North Korea fired four short-range missiles into the East Sea, better known as the Sea of Japan.
The Ominous Meaning of North Korea’s Missile Launches | Gordon G. Chang | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat is basically being attempted is a ballistic, sub-orbital flight, like a ride atop a short-range missile.
Branson’s Galactic Obstacles: Tom Bower Puts a Damper on Virgin’s Space Flight Dreams | Clive Irving | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFiliberto Garcia is a hitman who knows exactly what gun to use for killing at short range, but not much beyond that.
A short-range rocket was fired Thursday early in the morning from Gaza into the Israeli city of Sderot.
Obama Meets Palestine’s Abbas in the Wild Wild West Bank | Eli Lake | March 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
As the Americans retreated, the insurgents crept up, aided by a mist, to within short range and fired another volley.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanWithin short range of the trenches Lieutenant Sisson fell, shot through the heart.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanTo take on new Skoda or Krupp guns with these short-range veterans is rough on the gunners.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonTwenty prowlers, with the advantage of surprise at short range, could have slaughtered them.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinEven a twenty-two caliber may prove effective at short range.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol | V. T. Sherman
British Dictionary definitions for short-range
of small or limited extent in time or distance: a short-range forecast; a short-range gun
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