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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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of firing squad1
First recorded in 1900–05
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He had requested death by firing squad over the other two state-approved methods of execution: electric chair and lethal injection.
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On the 17 January Lumumba was assassinated by firing squad, with the tacit backing of Belgium.
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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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A woman from the Philippines who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad is on her way home.
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In Syria's case that could mean the gallows, or a firing squad, or indefinite incarceration in some underground cell.
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