How to pronounce “point-blank”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (forensics) Very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).
• (ballistics) The distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.
• Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt; outright.
• [Adverb]
• In a direct manner, without hesitation.

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