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FIRING SQUAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firing squad mean?
• FIRING SQUAD (noun)
The noun FIRING SQUAD has 1 sense:
1. a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
Familiarity information: FIRING SQUAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
firing party; firing squad
Hypernyms ("firing squad" is a kind of...):
squad (a smallest army unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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