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.

Derived terms

• circular firing squad

Translations

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

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行刑隊 (cmn), 行刑队 (cmn) (xíngxíngduì)

• Dutch: vuurpeloton (nl) n
• Finnish: teloituskomppania (fi), teloituspartio (fi)
• French: peloton d’exécution (fr) m
• Georgian: ათეული (ka) (at'euli)
• German: Erschießungskommando (de) n, Exekutionskommando (de), Hinrichtungskommando (de), Peloton (de) n, Ehrensalutkommando (de)
• Greek: εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα (el) (ektelestikó apóspasma) n

• Hebrew: כיתת יורים (he) f
• Hungarian: kivégzőosztag (hu)
• Italian: plotone d'esecuzione (it)
• Japanese: 銃殺隊 (ja) (じゅうさつたい, jūsatsutai)
• Macedonian: стрелачки вод (mk) (strélački vod) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: расстрельная команда (ru) (rasstrél’naja kománda) f
• Spanish: pelotón de fusilamiento (es) m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can