climate emergency. Point-blank range. projectile dysfunction

HONG KONG PROTESTS By CORA ENGELBRECHT, ORLANDO DE GUZMAN and AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER 3:09 'I'm Worried That I Will Die:' Hong Kong Protesters Write Final Goodbyes
By CORA ENGELBRECHT, ORLANDO DE GUZMAN and AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER, Image by Orlando de Guzman/The New York Times




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Hong Kong Police Shot a Protester at Point-Blank Range. We Break Down What Happened.

Point-blank range - Wikipedia

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Point-blank range is any distance over which the trajectory of a given projectile fired from a given weapon remains sufficiently flat that one can strike a target by firing at it directly. Point-blank range will vary by a weapon's external ballistics ...

近距離平射射程（英語：point-blank range）是指一個射擊者得以直接射中目標而不需瞄準的距離。武器的近距離平射射程會根據該武器的外彈道特徵、所選取的目標而有所不同。目標一定，擁有較平軌道的武器的近距離平射射程會更遠。武器一定，目標較大時，其射程也會更遠。^[1]

牛津詞典2019年度詞彙：“氣候緊急狀態”

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今年的年度詞彙是從一份全部與環境有關的詞彙候選名單中選出的，包括“氣候行動”、“否認氣候變化”等。牛津詞典編輯稱，這反映出英語世界2019年真正關注的問題。

The Oxford Word of the Year is a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of interest over the last 12 months. Every year, we debate several candidates for word of the year and choose a winner that is shown through usage evidence to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of that particular year and to have lasting potential as a word of cultural significance.
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The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 is... climate emergency.
Find out why climate emergency captured our attention in 2019.

"Projectile dysfunction," particularly within the context of the Steam game "Projectile Dysfunction," refers to a physics-based multiplayer first-person shooter where players wield floppy guns and bouncing explosives. It highlights the unusual handling and effects of weapons in the game, rather than a medical condition.