"close the range" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "open the range"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closes the range",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closing the range",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed the range",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed the range",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "close the range (third-person singular simple present closes the range, present participle closing the range, simple past and past participle closed the range)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 10:57 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
          "text": "With reports of the Japanese forces bearing down on them confirmed, Rear Admiral Sprague orders his ships east, heading towards a series of rain squalls, hoping for concealment. This will hopefully delay the Japanese closing the range, and also draw them away from the much-more-vulnerable landing ships.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move oneself or one's vehicle(s) (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) closer to the enemy in order to allow them to fire on the enemy, either more effectively or at all."
      ],
      "id": "en-close_the_range-en-verb-A6zN-NoW",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "warship",
          "warship"
        ],
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ],
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "effectively",
          "effectively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) To move oneself or one's vehicle(s) (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) closer to the enemy in order to allow them to fire on the enemy, either more effectively or at all."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close the range"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "open the range"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closes the range",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closing the range",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed the range",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed the range",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "close the range (third-person singular simple present closes the range, present participle closing the range, simple past and past participle closed the range)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 10:57 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
          "text": "With reports of the Japanese forces bearing down on them confirmed, Rear Admiral Sprague orders his ships east, heading towards a series of rain squalls, hoping for concealment. This will hopefully delay the Japanese closing the range, and also draw them away from the much-more-vulnerable landing ships.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move oneself or one's vehicle(s) (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) closer to the enemy in order to allow them to fire on the enemy, either more effectively or at all."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "warship",
          "warship"
        ],
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ],
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "effectively",
          "effectively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) To move oneself or one's vehicle(s) (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) closer to the enemy in order to allow them to fire on the enemy, either more effectively or at all."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close the range"
}