(at gun point)

  • 71Point 783 — Infobox Television episode Title = Point 783 Series = Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Season = 1 Episode = 13 Airdate = December 22, 1967 Production = 4 Writer = Peter Curran David Williams Director = Robert Lynn Episode list = List of Captain… …

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  • 72Point Blank (jeu vidéo) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Point Blank. Point Blank Éditeur Namco, SCEE (Europe) Développeur Namco Date d …

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  • 73point-blank — adverb 1 if you say or refuse something point blank, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons: I told him point blank that I did not want to be involved in the deal. 2 a gun fired point blank is fired very close to the person …

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  • 74gun — [14] Gun probably comes, unlikely as it may seem, from the Scandinavian female forename Gunnhildr (originally a compound of gunnr ‘war’ and hildr ‘war’). It is by no means unusual for large fearsome weapons to be named after women (for reasons… …

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  • 75gun — [14] Gun probably comes, unlikely as it may seem, from the Scandinavian female forename Gunnhildr (originally a compound of gunnr ‘war’ and hildr ‘war’). It is by no means unusual for large fearsome weapons to be named after women (for reasons… …

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  • 76gun muzzle — noun the open circular discharging end of a gun • Syn: ↑muzzle • Hypernyms: ↑opening • Hyponyms: ↑point, ↑gunpoint • Part Holonyms: ↑gun …

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  • 77ˌpoint-ˈblank — adj, adv in a very firm and direct way Polly refused point blank to let me use the car.[/ex] • at point blank range if you shoot someone at point blank range, you hold the gun very close to their body[/ex] …

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  • 78point-blank — UK / US adverb 1) in a very firm and direct way Polly declared point blank that she would never go there again. 2) with the gun held very close to the person who is shot Derived word: point blank UK / US adjective …

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  • 79point blank — 1. adjective The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile. 2. adverb a)… …

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  • 80point at — phr verb Point at is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑gun …

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