firing squad
noun
1
: a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors
2
: a detachment detailed to carry out a sentence of death by shooting
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Yet this feud seems futile: like a circular firing squad, the chaotic back-and-forth only seems to create wounds everywhere.
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a virtual buffet of ways to die: firing squad, nitrogen gas, the electric chair and still, lethal injection.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Menzies had chosen firing squad as his method of execution, according a ruling published by KUTV.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a virtual buffet of ways to die: firing squad, nitrogen gas, the electric chair and still, lethal injection.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Menzies had chosen firing squad as his method of execution, according a ruling published by KUTV.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for firing squad
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firing%20squad. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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