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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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