Definition of "point-blank range" []

• The extent of the apparent right line of a ball discharged. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "He had to drive it over to the house of the Three Widows, open the gate, open the garage, take out Andersen’s old crock, put Michonnet’s motor in its place … And, on top of all that, install Goldberg at the wheel and kill him with a shot fired at point-blank range … Nobody saw anything or heard anything!"
• "The Germans found that their automatic weapons were so badly frozen that they would fire only single shots; the 37-mm. anti-tank ammunition — useless against the T 34 at other than point-blank range — had to be scraped with a knife before it would fit into the breech as the packing grease had frozen solid."
• "‘Whatever the case, he is made to cross Paris … The Compiègne road is lined with thick woods … The murderer fires, once again at point-blank range … Probably he hears another motor behind him … He moves fast … He throws the body into the ditch … On his way back he’ll hide it more carefully …"