Meanings
nounfiring squad (plural firing squads)
plural firing squads
- A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
Synonyms: firing party
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
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nouna squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 行刑隊 /行刑队
- 行刑隊 /行刑队 (xíngxíngduì)a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Danish eksekutionspeleton
- eksekutionspeletona group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Dutch vuurpeloton
- vuurpelotona group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Esperanto pafeskadro
- pafeskadroa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Finnish teloituskomppania, teloituspartio
- teloituskomppaniaa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- teloituspartioa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
French peloton d’exécution
- peloton d’exécutiona group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
German Erschießungskommando, Exekutionskommando
- Erschießungskommandoa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- Exekutionskommandoa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- Hinrichtungskommandoa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- Pelotona group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- Ehrensalutkommandoa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Greek εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα
- εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα (ektelestikó apóspasma)a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Hebrew כיתת יורים
- כיתת יוריםa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Hungarian kivégzőosztag
- kivégzőosztaga group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Icelandic aftökusveit
- aftökusveita group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Indonesian regu tembak
- regu tembaka group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Irish scuad lámhaigh
- scuad lámhaigha group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Italian plotone d'esecuzione, plotone di esecuzione
- plotone d'esecuzionea group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- plotone di esecuzionea group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Japanese 銃殺隊
- 銃殺隊 (jūsatsutai)a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Malay skuad tembak
- skuad tembaka group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Norwegian Bokmål eksekusjonspelotong
- eksekusjonspelotonga group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Persian جوخه آتش
- جوخه آتش (juxe âtaš)a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Polish pluton egzekucyjny
- pluton egzekucyjnya group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Portuguese pelotão de fuzilamento
- pelotão de fuzilamentoa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Romanian pluton de execuție
- pluton de execuțiea group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Russian расстре́льная кома́нда
- расстре́льная кома́нда (rasstrélʹnaja kománda)a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Spanish pelotón de fusilamiento, pelotón de ejecución
- pelotón de fusilamientoa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- pelotón de ejecucióna group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- piquete de ejecucióna group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Swedish exekutionspluton, arkebuseringspluton
- exekutionsplutona group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
- arkebuseringsplutona group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Turkish idam mangası
- idam mangasıa group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially
Cite this entry
APA
firing squad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firing%20squad
MLA
“firing squad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firing%20squad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firing squad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firing%20squad.
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