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Firing squad

firing squad
{n.} A group of soldiers chosen to shoot a prisoner to death or to fire shots over a grave as a tribute. * /A dictator often sends his enemies before a firing squad./ * /The dead general was honored by a firing squad./
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1.
  ~ n a group of soldiers with the duty of killing someone by shooting them as a punishment ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (firing squads) A firing squad is a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been found guilty of committing a crime. He was executing by firing squad. N-COUNT: also by N ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Date: 1864  1. a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors  2. a detachment detailed to carry out a sentence of death by shooting ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

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