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Definition of point-blank

adjective & adverb

  • (of a shot) fired from very close to its target: [as adjective]:the bullet, fired at point-blank range, hit him in the middle of the back [as adverb]:Waxman fired the pistol point-blank at Clyde
  • (of a statement or question) direct and without explanation or qualification: [as adverb]:he refuses point-blank to be photographed or give interviews

Origin:

late 16th century: probably from point + blank in the contemporaneous sense 'white spot in the centre of a target'

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