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firing squad

a. A method of execution in which a group of law enforcement officers or soldiers are designated to shoot a person condemned to death.

b. A group of people designated to shoot a person condemned to death.

2. A detachment of soldiers chosen to fire a salute at a military funeral.

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firing squad

(Military) a small military detachment formed to implement a death sentence by shooting

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fir′ing squad`

1. a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.

2. a military detachment assigned to fire a salute at the burial of a person being honored.

[1900–05]

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Noun

firing squad - a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution

firing party

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

squad - a smallest army unit

Translations

kivégzőosztag

drappello d'esecuzioneplotone d'esecuzioneplotone di esecuzione squadra

firing squad

n → plotone m d'esecuzione

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