ˌpoint-ˈblank BrE AmE adverb
1 . if you say or refuse something point-blank, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons:
He refused point-blank to identify his accomplices.
I told him point-blank that I didn’t want to get involved.
2 . a gun fired point-blank is fired very close to the person or thing it is aimed at:
The victim was shot point-blank in the chest.
—point-blank adjective :
a point-blank refusal
The bullet was fired at point-blank range.