firing squad
Riflemen executing condemned
A firing squad is a group of soldiers or officers assigned to execute a condemned person by gunfire.
The squad fires simultaneously so no individual bears sole responsibility for the death.
Execution by firing squad remains legal in some jurisdictions, typically reserved for military or wartime sentences.
Figuratively, facing the firing squad means confronting severe judgment or consequences.
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
- blindfoldSight-blocking eye cover
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- aimPurpose or direction
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
bullet · last words · marksmen · shooters · fusillade · command · dawn · wall
Mid-sized military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
regiment · uniforms · drill · formation · commanding officer · military justice · desertion · wartime
Execution by legal authority
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- convictionFirmly held belief
- verdictOfficial court decision
- death penaltyLegal execution for crimes
lethal injection · electric chair · execution methods · condemned · commutation · clemency · stay of execution · death row
Formal discontinuation of practice
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- debateFormal argument on issues
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
morality · deterrence · retribution · miscarriage of justice · controversy · inhumanity · dignity · reform
Removal from position
- terminationAct of ending something
- criticismJudgment of faults
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- corporateOf or relating to companies
layoffs · blame · scapegoat · interrogation · grilling · hot seat · confrontation · downsizing
rifles
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
condemned · bullet · last words · marksmen · shooters · fusillade · command · dawn · wall · post
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
soldiers · regiment · uniforms · drill · formation · commanding officer · military justice · desertion · wartime · treason
capital punishment
Execution by legal authority
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- convictionFirmly held belief
- verdictOfficial court decision
death penalty · lethal injection · electric chair · execution methods · condemned · commutation · clemency · stay of execution · death row · appeals
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- debateFormal argument on issues
amnesty · morality · deterrence · retribution · miscarriage of justice · controversy · inhumanity · dignity · reform · abolitionists
dismissal
Removal from position
- terminationAct of ending something
- criticismJudgment of faults
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
corporate · layoffs · blame · scapegoat · interrogation · grilling · hot seat · confrontation · downsizing · axed
- SquadsSWAT team
- executionsexecution, execution chamber, hanging, guillotine, executioner
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- executionexecution, lethal injection, gas chamber, electric chair, the chair
- military dutiesguard duty, sentry duty, patrol, combat duty, active duty
- Nicholas IINicholas, Alexandra, Alexei, Anastasia, tsarina
firing squadlethal injection
Capital punishment by needle
electric chair · gas chamber · hanging · guillotine · beheading
firing squadpardon
Official release from punishment
reprieve · commutation · clemency · acquittal · exoneration
firing squadhonor guard
Military tribute formation
twenty-one gun salute · ceremonial guard · color guard · receiving line
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