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firing squad
noun
a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
a military detachment assigned to fire a salute at the burial of a person being honored.
firing squad
noun
a small military detachment formed to implement a death sentence by shooting
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of firing squad1
Example Sentences
Ainadamar is, in fact, the Arabic term for the Fountain of Tears, the site in Granada where Lorca was shot by a firing squad, presumably for political reasons as well as for being gay.
President Donald Trump has plenty of advisers willing to face the Sunday press show firing squads over his disastrous economic performance.
He had requested death by firing squad over the other two state-approved methods of execution: electric chair and lethal injection.
On the 17 January Lumumba was assassinated by firing squad, with the tacit backing of Belgium.
With such a strong leader, the Democratic Party would now have its marching orders instead of being lost and slowly forming a circular firing squad.
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