firing squad

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A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral
military detachment assigned to fire a salute at a burial of an honoured person or to execute a condemned person
a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
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. a group of soldiers whose duty is to punish prisoners by shooting and killing them
circular firing squad
A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination

ust about everyone who helped create this mess is busy pointing fingers, scapegoating the other guys, firing the lower-downs and diming out the higher-ups. Last week what was once envisioned as a new kind of company resembled little more than a circular firing squad of executives, accountants, consultants and lawyers.

firing squads
plural form of firing squad
firing squad

    Hyphenation

    fir·ing squad

    Turkish pronunciation

    fayrîng skwäd

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfīrəɴɢ ˈskwäd/ /ˈfaɪrɪŋ ˈskwɑːd/
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