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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.firing squadfiring 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
firing squad n → plotone m d'esecuzione


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Those structural problems are the result of decades of liberal and Democratic mismanagement and the bungling of a state GOP that can't break the circular formation of its firing squads.
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But state fisheries biologist Dwayne Maxwell doesn't find anything funny about frog firing squads.
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Within living memory we have seen semipublic firing squads, hangings, and guillotinings.
The thirst for revenge: trying to understand capital punishment by Callahan, Sidney / Commonweal
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