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firing squad

noun

  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.


firing squad

noun

  1. a small military detachment formed to implement a death sentence by shooting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of firing squad1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

It is not clear how long the department will take to assemble a firing squad now, and authorities have not provided a timeline.

“We will notify the court when a firing squad becomes an option for executions,” the department said in a statement.

While the law, passed in May, also provided for death by firing squad, the state Department of Corrections acknowledged that it would not be logistically possible to use one in time for Sigmon’s planned June 18 execution.

You might as well have banned a firing squad, especially for the shy Matsuyama.

If Democrats stick together and don’t have their usual circular firing squad they can take advantage of what is happening at CPAC to win more Senate and House seats in the mid-term elections.

“Social media is going to solve this crime,” he says, before facing a firing squad of death stares from his colleagues.

And Charles has had to face a firing squad of questions demanding to know why he left, how he could do this to us.

Even more damnably, Mother Courage has the chance to save her son Swiss Cheese from the firing squad by paying a ransom.

But just as suddenly as it appeared, the firing squad cars were gone.

The doctor checked again as the firing squad began to reload.

Many of the firing squad were nervous and their aim was bad; others had shot high on purpose—they had no heart in the work.

Suppose they took her for a spy, and that tomorrow's sun found her facing a firing squad?

At Carver's orders a firing-squad of three men stood in front of the Chinaman, whose back was toward the bay.

I'll do my best—I'll speak a good word at your trial, try to save you from the firing squad, but I'm only a captain.

One pictured a gallows tree; and, turning from that image, one pictured a firing squad at sunrise.

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