firing squad
noun
1
: a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors
2
: a detachment detailed to carry out a sentence of death by shooting
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Idaho lawmakers first passed legislation in 2023 allowing for the firing squad as a means of execution if drugs are unavailable, or lethal injection is found to be unconstitutional.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Idaho will soon use a firing squad to carry out the death penalty — the only state to shoot prisoners to death as its primary method of execution.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2025
In Indonesia, drug smugglers are sometimes executed by way of a firing squad.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Short of firing squads and nationalizing much of the economy (see: Russia, 1917; Cuba, 1959), the only possible answer is massive, confiscatory taxes.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Idaho will soon use a firing squad to carry out the death penalty — the only state to shoot prisoners to death as its primary method of execution.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2025
In Indonesia, drug smugglers are sometimes executed by way of a firing squad.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Short of firing squads and nationalizing much of the economy (see: Russia, 1917; Cuba, 1959), the only possible answer is massive, confiscatory taxes.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firing%20squad. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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