firing squad

firing squad

English

Maximilian of Mexico before firing squad (Manet)

Noun

firing squad (plural firing squads)

1. A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.

   Synonym: firing party

Derived terms

• circular firing squad

Translations

a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially

Armenian: գնդակահարողների խումբ (gndakaharołneri xumb) (for executing) Chinese: Mandarin: 行刑隊 (zh), 行刑队 (zh) (xíngxíngduì) Dutch: vuurpeloton (nl) n Esperanto: pafeskadro Finnish: teloituskomppania, teloituspartio French: peloton d’exécution (fr) m Georgian: ათეული (ateuli) German: Erschießungskommando (de) n, Exekutionskommando, Hinrichtungskommando, Peloton (de) n, Ehrensalutkommando Greek: εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα n (ektelestikó apóspasma) Hebrew: כיתת יורים‎ f Hungarian: kivégzőosztag Icelandic: aftökusveit f Italian: plotone d'esecuzione

Japanese: 銃殺隊 (じゅうさつたい, jūsatsutai) Khmer: បាញ់ក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិ (baɲ krom cumrəəh ciet), ក្រុមទាហានពេជ្ឈឃាដ (krom tiehien pɨccʰea’kʰiet) Macedonian: стрелачки вод m (strélački vod) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: جوخه آتش‎ (juxe âtaš) Portuguese: pelotão de fuzilamento m Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: расстре́льная кома́нда f (rasstrélʹnaja kománda) Spanish: pelotón de fusilamiento m Swedish: exekutionspluton c Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: idam mangası Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can