firing squad

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A method of execution in which a group of law enforcement officers or soldiers are designated to shoot a person condemned to death.
• noun A group of people designated to shoot a person condemned to death.
• noun A detachment of soldiers chosen to fire a salute at a military funeral.

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• noun A 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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• noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution