striking distance
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
- "The two brigades at either end of the Boer lines had lost no chance of pushing in, and now they had come within striking distance."
- "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."
- "The probe breakthrough confirmed that French and British tunnelers were within striking distance of completing the first tunnel under the English Channel."