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    FIRING PARTY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military executionplay

    Synonyms:

    firing party; firing squad

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("firing party" 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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