downrange

comparative further downrange · comparative farther downrange · superlative furthest downrange · superlative farthest downrange

1. not comparableusuallyIn the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.

comparative further downrange · comparative farther downrange · superlative furthest downrange · superlative farthest downrange

1. not comparableusuallyIn the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.

   Luckily, the sheer rate of fire that the 5-inch guns allowed for was fast enough that a few salvos of regular shells were sent downrange quickly as a followup before the two racing ships passed by each other and vanished into the murk.

   2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 14:21 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022