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firing squad
(redirected from Execution by firing squad)

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firing squad
n.
1. A detachment assigned to shoot persons condemned to death.
2. A detachment of soldiers chosen to fire a salute at a military funeral.
firing squad
n
(Military) a small military detachment formed to implement a death sentence by shooting
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Noun1.firing squad - a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military executionfiring 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
firing squad n → plotone m d'esecuzione
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Samanatha Orabator, the pregnant British woman accused of drug smuggling in Laos, will now apparently escape execution by firing squad even if she's found guilty.
Smuggle drugs at your peril by Birmingham Mail (England)
CAPTION(S): PLEA: Distraught mother Jane Orobator, left, holds a childhood picture of her pregnant daughter Samantha Orobator, above, who faces execution by firing squad in Laos if she is found guilty of drug smuggling allegations
Bid to help Brit facing firing squad by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Indonesia's supreme court has previously thrown out requests for judicial reviews, and the constitutional court has also overruled a petition from the bombers arguing that the country's method of execution by firing squad is inhumane.
Bali bombers file last-ditch appeal by Aljazeera.net
 
 
 
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