firing squad
Noun
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Noun
firing squad (plural firing squads)
- A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
- Synonyms: firing party
- French: peloton d’exécution
- German: Erschießungskommando, Exekutionskommando, Hinrichtungskommando, Peloton, Ehrensalutkommando
- Italian: plotone d'esecuzione
- Portuguese: pelotão de fuzilamento
- Russian: расстре́льная кома́нда
- Spanish: pelotón de fusilamiento
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