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 (gndakaharoġneri xumb) (for executing)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行刑隊／行刑队 (zh) (xíngxíngduì), 行刑队 (zh) (xíngxíngduì)

• Dutch: vuurpeloton (nl) n
• Esperanto: pafeskadro
• Finnish: teloituskomppania (fi), 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
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• 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 (strelački 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