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Synonyms for firing squad


Grammar : Noun



Définition of firing squad

  • noun soldiers ordered to shoot
Example sentences :
  • I am not a barbarian to leave you to a firing squad, I hope.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
  • There's a firing squad shooting a boy down in Virginia this morning——!
  • Extract from : « A Man of the People » by Thomas Dixon
  • "I'd as soon be shot by a guard as a firing squad," Allison said.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • "The firing squad," Arno answered as he slipped one on his head.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • Do you know what they do when they execute a man by firing squad?
  • Extract from : « The Last Gentleman » by Rory Magill
  • "I'll talk if it will save me from a firing squad," he begged.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • The firing squad had turned at the sound of assault from the rear.
  • Extract from : « The Mad King » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • The firing squad consisted of thirty soldiers, three to a man.
  • Extract from : « The Courier of the Ozarks » by Byron A. Dunn
  • He would show this man that an American did not face a firing squad with a whine.
  • Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
  • If what I say is not true, draw up your men for a firing squad and let us end it.
  • Extract from : « The Way of a Man » by Emerson Hough

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