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Meanings of execution by firing squad in English

Russian
расстрел командой
Portuguese
fuzilamento
Spanish
fusilar
Catalan
afusellament
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Method of execution by multiple shooters firing rifles simultaneously on command.

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расстрел командой
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Examples for "firing squad"
Examples for "firing squad"
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The group's interior ministry said they were carried out by firing squad.
Reuters
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Of these, eighty-eight, including de Valera, were sentenced to the firing squad.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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It now seems more likely that he was shot by firing squad.
The Guardian
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Also photographs of the execution by firing squad of their commanding officer.
Acts of faith
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Admiral Aldikacti has been recommended for excommunication and execution by firing squad.
The Hyperion Cantos
Usage of execution by firing squad in English
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Also photographs of the execution by firing squad of their commanding officer.
Acts of faith
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Admiral Aldikacti has been recommended for excommunication and execution by firing squad.
The Hyperion Cantos
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Utah eliminated execution by firing squad in 2004, citing the excessive media attention it gave inmates.
The Guardian
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If you are ever condemned to execution by firing squad request Offaly men do the shooting.
The Irish Times
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He was the seventh person to be executed by lethal injection since Thailand introduced the method in 2003 to replace execution by firing squad.
Reuters
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Oklahoma law, likewise, would allow for execution by firing squad only if lethal injection and electrocution were ruled unconstitutional, according the Death Penalty Information Center.
Reuters
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This was the last official letter Pearse wrote, three days before his execution by firing squad on the morning of May 3rd, 1916.
The Irish Times