Usually means: Execution method by multiple shooters.
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  1. firing squad: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. firing squad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firing squad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firing squad: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firing squad: Vocabulary.com
  6. firing-squad: Wordnik
  7. firing squad: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. firing squad: Wiktionary
  9. firing squad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. firing squad: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. firing squad: Dictionary.com
  12. Firing Squad (album), Firing Squad (film), Firing squad (disambiguation), Firing squad, The Firing Squad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. firing squad: Rhymezone
  14. firing squad: Free Dictionary
  15. firing squad: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. firing squad: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firing squad)

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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