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striking range

striking range is the alternative form of striking distance.

Meaning of striking distance

Noun

striking distance (countable and uncountable, plural striking distances)

  1. A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent.
    • "Nay, sir, a soldier, who is about to be posted within striking distance of his enemy, can never speak, with confidence, of separations that are to be short."1845, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 19, in Satanstoe
  2. (figuratively) A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it.
    • I'm working on an invention of a new aeroplane stabilizer, and if I go now it will be just at a time when I am within striking distance of success.1917, Victor Appleton, chapter 4, in Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Forms of striking range

pluralstriking ranges

Questions about striking range

What is striking range the alternative form of?
Striking range is the alternative form of striking distance.

Words near striking range in the dictionary

  1. striking one's colors
  2. striking one's flag
  3. striking out
  4. striking plate
  5. striking plates
  6. striking range
  7. striking someone when they are down
  8. striking someone's fancy
  9. striking tallies
  10. striking the colors
  11. striking the iron while it's hot

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