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firing party

n. a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution [syn: firing squad]

Usage examples of "firing party".

The remainder of the firing party stood numbly as Dole's team collected the rifles.

Kutebar's detachment would be inside the ring, in reserve, and shielding the firing party - here they looked at me with reverent eyes, and I managed an offhand grin that any dentist would have recognized first go.

He had cheated death before and he pulled at the bonds, his head twitching, and the spittle frothed at his lips as he swore and jerked, snatched at the ropes and threw himself from side to side so that the fourteen muskets of the firing party went from side to side.

Kawalsky had also established a firing party in one of the dug-in strong points that O'Neil had established at the edge of the camp.

She looked as though she was tied to a stake, waiting for the firing party to execute her.

He had never dreamed for one moment that it would lead him to Paris and a firing party.

Aboard her was the nuclear firing party from Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and the UN Observer Group.