| 单词 | firing squad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfiring squad firing squad n. (a) a group of soldiers detailed to fire the salute at a military funeral; (b) a group of soldiers or law enforcement officers detailed to execute a person by shooting him or her. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > firing squad firing squad1861 death squad1873 the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > firing-party firing party1768 firing squad1861 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > firing-party firing party1768 firing squad1861 1861 Freedom's Champion (Atchison, Kansas) 8 June A firing squad of five from each company of the 24th Regiment also fired three volleys over the grave. 1867 Salt Lake Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 1/7 It has been the not unpleasant duty of a corporal or private among the savages of the firing squad to walk deliberately up to the writhing victim and complete the work. 1921 Foreign Service July 20/1 Their everreadiness and willingness at any time to supply firing squads and buglers in solemn tribute to dead veterans of the State. 1959 T. S. Eliot Elder Statesman i. 27 The ones who don't get out in time Find themselves in gaol..Or before a firing squad. 1980 Orange Coast Mag. Jan. 69/3 Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer, was executed by firing squad in Utah as he had requested. 2003 Guardian 26 Apr. (Guide Suppl.) 53/1 Her courage held all the way to the firing squad. < as lemmas |
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