firing squad

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Noun firing squad has 1 sense

firing squad, firing party - a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
--₁ is a kind of squad

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Firing Squad

Noun:

1. A military or police unit assigned to execute a person by shooting them.

Example sentence: The criminal was sentenced to death by a firing squad.

Noun:

2. A group of individuals who act together to eliminate someone or achieve a common objective.

Example sentence: The committee formed a firing squad to investigate allegations of corruption.

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