at close range

idiom

: from a short distance
The gun is made for shooting at close range.

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Meanwhile, police detective Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) is shown in a hospital bed, confirmed to have to survived being shot, in the shoulder at close range, by his brother aka the Front Man. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024 An angered Corcoran grabbed the file, went downstairs and confronted the four men before shooting them at close range, according to the filing. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024 For police purposes, according to China's Global Times, it's been upgraded with some appropriate crime-fighting gadgets: tear gas, smoke bombs, horns, acoustic crowd dispersers, and net shooters to tangle up and take down suspects at close range. New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024 His lawyers will lay out his version of events from April 21-22, 2016, when seven members of the Rhoden family and one future member were killed in four different trailer homes, all shot in the head, at close range, in the dark of night. Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at close range 

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“At close range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20close%20range. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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