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Meanings of fire squads in English

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Usage of fire squads in English
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Utah used firing squads for decades before adopting lethal injections in 2004.
The Irish Times
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In recent years it has replaced firing squads with lethal injections.
Reuters
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He said his office was also evaluating how many would go before firing squads.
Reuters
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Utah used firing squads for decades before adopting the use of lethal injections in 2004.
Reuters
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Most were beheaded, but firing squads were also used and bodies were sometimes displayed in public.
The Guardian
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Utah uses firing squads only at the inmate's option and is phasing out the method, Dieter said.
Reuters
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Don't talk to me about firing squads.
The bourne identity
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There were eleven men of various nationalities shot by firing squads for espionage during the First World War.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
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Ray and lawmakers in other states have suggested firing squads might be the cheapest and most humane method.
The Guardian
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He said firing squads compared favorably: With a firing squad, the individual dies within three to five seconds.
Reuters
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Only Utah has used firing squads, executing three inmates that way since 1977, the last in 2010.
Reuters