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noun

a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.

a military detachment assigned to fire a salute at the burial of a person being honored.

Origin:
1900–05

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firing squad

—n
	a small military detachment formed to implement a death sentence by shooting

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"Utah is the only State that gives condemned men a choice between death by hanging or before a firing squad. Most prisoners prefer the firing squad, but one obstinate convict in 1912 elected to be hanged because "hanging is more expensive to the state.""

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