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Firing squad

noun

A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution. Synonym: firing party.

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"Firing squad" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mollie flung back at them from between clenched teeth, "what that motorcyclist looked like. I'd like to meet him again—with a firing squad." ...

— The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House • Laura Lee Hope

... for the poor devil because, coward though he was, his was one of those personalities that carried with it a sort of likeableness, somewhat after the fashion of our time-honored Falstaff, and his funk under fire made him liable to the extreme penalty,—a firing squad. His teeth chattered like the keys of a typewriter as he asked me, "What do you think will come o' it, Grant? Do you think he really ...

— S.O.S. Stand to! • Reginald Grant

Words linked to "Firing squad" : squad, firing party, war machine, armed services, military machine, military, armed forces