Usually means: Proximity close enough to impact.
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  1. striking distance: Merriam-Webster
  2. striking distance: Wordnik
  3. striking distance: Wiktionary
  4. Striking distance: Dictionary.com
  5. Striking Distance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. striking distance: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (striking distance)

noun:  (military) A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent.
noun:  (figurative) A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it.

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