FIRING SQUAD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

firing party; firing squad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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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