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Firing party   /fˈaɪrɪŋ pˈɑrti/   Listen
Firing party

noun
1.
A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution.  Synonym: firing squad.






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"Firing party" Quotes from Famous Books



... tried to arrange to go down to Ypres to the funeral of Captain Warren. Major Osborne wanted to go also and take a firing party with him, but much as he would have liked to acquiesce, General Turner had to refuse, for we were in a dangerous corner and no one could be spared. Lieutenant Drummond, his brother-in-law, was permitted to attend. Captain Duguid, the quartermaster, with the assistance of the engineers, had ...
— The Red Watch - With the First Canadian Division in Flanders • J. A. Currie

... to say any more,' he answered grimly. 'You'd better proceed at once with your firing party, you miserable German murderer.' ...
— On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles • Thomas Charles Bridges

... from the side of the Fatime, and all the people of the Maud watched it, some of the firing party seizing their rifles, and preparing to use them, to ascertain what the pirates intended to do. It contained ten men, as Morris counted them. The four men at the oars gave way as soon as it was clear of the vessel, but the head of the boat ...
— Asiatic Breezes - Students on The Wing • Oliver Optic



Words linked to "Firing party" :   armed services, war machine, squad, military machine, firing squad, armed forces, military



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