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Meanings of firing party in English

Portuguese
pelotão de execução

A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution.

pelotão de execução
Usage of firing party in English
1
When they find him it's a firing party he'll have to face.
The Snare
2
The officer in command of the firing party shrugged his shoulders.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement
3
He is the sergeant in immediate command of the firing party.
The Lone Ranche
4
The commander of the firing party asked for the prison register.
France in the Nineteenth Century
5
Against this they were posted while the firing party was detailed.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
6
D' ye think I want to face a firing party on your account?
The Snare
7
The firing party marched off and drew up in the courtyard of the prison.
The Great War As I Saw It
8
The captain of the firing party snatched it, and flung it on the fire.
France in the Nineteenth Century
9
The firing party followed, with four more bags of powder and a lighted port-fire.
Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria'...
10
They were led by the rajah, while Harry was to lead the firing party.
At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
11
If I'm called, colonel, you won't grudge me a flag and a firing party?
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
12
The firing party fired three volleys and the bugles sounded the "Last Post."
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
13
And then turning to the firing party, she said-
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
14
If the firing party missed him, he was pardoned.
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
15
The firing party form a short lane from the gun-carriage to the door of the mortuary.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
16
A military firing party fired a salute during the service and the Last Post was played.
The Guardian
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