At close range
At close range adverb - Very close.
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Close to and at close range are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Close to" instead an adverb phrase "At close range".
Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
At close range and close to are semantically related. You can use "At close range" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".
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- While deadly at close range, they're ineffective at long range, which means that the ships have to get in close to the enemy to be effective.
Source: Close Range Combatant - With the battles conducted close to shore and with lots of generally small, slow ships that were only useful at close range, tactics at sea in this period mimicked tactics on land.
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While it can take you out if you're not careful (aka being too close to it), they're very useful for taking out groups of zombies (especially ones that haven't noticed your presence just yet), and Elite Zombie will often die in 1-2 blasts at close range.
Source: Video Game / Dead Island
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