"firing squad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firing squads [plural]
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  1. A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral. Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Collectives, Military Synonyms: firing party Derived forms: circular firing squad Translations (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially): գնդակահարողների խումբ (gndakaharoġneri xumb) (note: for executing) (Armenian), 行刑隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 行刑队 (xíngxíngduì) (Chinese Mandarin), eksekutionspeleton (Danish), vuurpeloton [neuter] (Dutch), pafeskadro (Esperanto), fyribeiningarfylgi (Faroese), teloituskomppania (Finnish), teloituspartio (Finnish), peloton d’exécution [masculine] (French), ათეული (ateuli) (Georgian), Erschießungskommando [neuter] (German), Exekutionskommando [neuter] (German), Hinrichtungskommando [neuter] (German), Peloton [neuter] (German), Ehrensalutkommando [neuter] (German), εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα (ektelestikó apóspasma) [neuter] (Greek), כיתת יורים [feminine] (Hebrew), kivégzőosztag (Hungarian), aftökusveit [feminine] (Icelandic), regu tembak (Indonesian), scuad lámhaigh [masculine] (Irish), plotone d'esecuzione (Italian), plotone di esecuzione [masculine] (Italian), 銃殺隊 (jūsatsutai) (alt: じゅうさつたい) (Japanese), បាញ់ក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិ (baɲ krom cumrəəh ciet) (Khmer), ក្រុមទាហានពេជ្ឈឃាដ (krom tiehien pɨccʰea’kʰiet) (Khmer), стрелачки вод (strelački vod) [masculine] (Macedonian), skuad tembak (Malay), eksekusjonspelotong (Norwegian Bokmål), eksekusjonspelotong (Norwegian Nynorsk), جوخه آتش (juxe âtaš) (Persian), pluton egzekucyjny [masculine] (Polish), pelotão de fuzilamento [masculine] (Portuguese), pluton de execuție [neuter] (Romanian), расстре́льная кома́нда (rasstrélʹnaja kománda) [feminine] (Russian), pelotón de fusilamiento [masculine] (Spanish), pelotón de ejecución [masculine] (Spanish), piquete de ejecución [masculine] (Spanish), exekutionspluton [common-gender] (Swedish), arkebuseringspluton [common-gender] (Swedish), idam mangası (Turkish)

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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "roman": "strelački vod",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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          "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngxíngduì",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "行刑队"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "eksekutionspeleton"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vuurpeloton"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "pafeskadro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "fyribeiningarfylgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "teloituskomppania"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "teloituspartio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peloton d’exécution"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ateuli",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "ათეული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erschießungskommando"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Exekutionskommando"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hinrichtungskommando"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Peloton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ehrensalutkommando"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ektelestikó apóspasma",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כיתת יורים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "kivégzőosztag"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aftökusveit"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "regu tembak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scuad lámhaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "plotone d'esecuzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plotone di esecuzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうさつたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūsatsutai",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "銃殺隊"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "baɲ krom cumrəəh ciet",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "បាញ់ក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krom tiehien pɨccʰea’kʰiet",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "ក្រុមទាហានពេជ្ឈឃាដ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "strelački vod",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стрелачки вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "skuad tembak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "eksekusjonspelotong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "eksekusjonspelotong"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "juxe âtaš",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "جوخه آتش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluton egzekucyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelotão de fuzilamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pluton de execuție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasstrélʹnaja kománda",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "расстре́льная кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelotón de fusilamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelotón de ejecución"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piquete de ejecución"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "exekutionspluton"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arkebuseringspluton"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
      "word": "idam mangası"
    }
  ],
  "word": "firing squad"
}

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