"striking distance" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1845, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 19, in Satanstoe",
          "text": "Nay, sir, a soldier, who is about to be posted within striking distance of his enemy, can never speak, with confidence, of separations that are to be short.",
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        "A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent."
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        "(military) A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent."
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Victor Appleton, chapter 4, in Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders",
          "text": "I'm working on an invention of a new aeroplane stabilizer, and if I go now it will be just at a time when I am within striking distance of success.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 November 12, Christopher Redman et al., “Europe An Island No More Hello! Allo!”, in Time",
          "text": "The probe breakthrough confirmed that French and British tunnelers were within striking distance of completing the first tunnel under the English Channel.",
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        "A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it."
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "striking range"
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  "word": "striking distance"
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        "(military) A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent."
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          "ref": "1917, Victor Appleton, chapter 4, in Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders",
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        "(figurative) A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it."
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  "word": "striking distance"
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