short-range
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- adjective
- /ˈʃɔrt reɪndʒ/
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- In the initial stage of the war, Halutz said that "short-range rockets are not a decisive weapon."
- short-range missiles
- short-range aircraft
- short-range rockets
Examples
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Now, this is short range, supposedly like only within a half a mile.
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We're the only sub in the position to make a short-range strike that will get through to key Russian military targets.
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If you have two metal plates, what about short range and long range?
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I stacked them according to range, long range, medium range, and short range.
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The large air bases in the region that host the U.S. Air Force's short-range strike aircraft and support aircraft are similarly under increased threat.
Academic text (2009) -
Most of these were short-range, and all of them were unguided.
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For many applications, a cost-effective short-range infrastructure is all that's required.
Blog text (24) -
Weapons included short-range artillery from one side and a small fleet of aircraft raining ordnance from the sky on the other.
Academic text (2007) -
Iron Dome is a short-range system designed to intercept the type of missiles launched from Gaza.
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The short-range missile can hit targets within a distance of 100 kilometers.
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Etymology
The word short-range comes from the simple parts short ('not long' or 'small') and range ('distance' or 'area'), so it describes things that work only over a small distance.