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Definition of "close-range" []

  • Capable of operating at a short distance away (adjective)
  • Hit, shot, or taken from nearby the target (adjective)

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Use "close-range" in a sentence
  • "But in August 1812 off the Grand Banks, his ship, the Constitution, astounded the world by taking a British frigate, the Guerriere, in a brutal close-range gun battle."
  • "Assa Abloy AB, the world's largest maker of door locks, has launched a pilot in which Clarion Hotel Stockholm will lend customers mobile phones with close-range radio chips, much like devices used for contact-less payments at gas stations."
  • "With the game all but devoid of creative incision, set pieces increasingly looked the best bet: moments later Myhill palmed away Jedinak's close-range header from Ambrose's free-kick."