FIRING SQUAD

Meaning of FIRING SQUAD in English

noun Date: 1864 a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors, a detachment detailed to carry out a sentence of death by shooting

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FIRING SQUAD — noun also firing party 1. : a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRING SQUAD — 1. a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting. 2. a military detachment assigned to fire a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRING SQUAD — military detachment assigned to fire a salute at a burial of an honoured person or to execute a condemned person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIRING SQUAD — Date: 1864 1. : a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRING SQUAD — Function: noun Date: 1864 1 : a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIRING SQUAD — ■ noun a group of soldiers detailed to shoot a condemned person.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIRING SQUAD — [firing squad] n (1904) 1: a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRING SQUAD — noun [ C +sing./pl. v . , U ] a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRING SQUAD — ˈfiring squad BrE AmE noun [countable] a group of soldiers whose duty is to punish prisoners by shooting and killing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRING SQUAD — ( firing squads) A firing squad is a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRING SQUAD — (~s) A ~ is a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIRING SQUAD — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ In December, Beria was found guilty and sent before a firing squad . EXAMPLES …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRING SQUAD — {n.} A group of soldiers chosen to shoot a prisoner to death or to fire shots over a grave as …
Slang English vocab
FIRING SQUAD — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
FIRING SQUAD — noun VERB + FIRING SQUAD ▪ face ▪ He could face a ~ if found guilty of the charges. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIRING SQUAD — ➡ capital punishment
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
FIRING SQUAD — {n.} A group of soldiers chosen to shoot a prisoner to death or to fire shots over a grave as …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRING SQUAD — n. A group of soldiers chosen to shoot a prisoner to death or to fire shots over a grave as …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FIRING SQUAD — 1) салютная команда 2) команда, назначенная для произведения расстрела Syn : firing party (военное) салютная команда; команда, наряженная для расстрела …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRING SQUAD — Расстрел
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FIRING SQUAD — воен. 1> салютная команда 2> команда, наряженная для расстрела to have to face the firing squad - попасть под расстрел
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRING SQUAD — команда, наряженная для расстрела
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIRING SQUAD — воен. 1) салютная команда 2) команда, наряженная для расстрела to have to face the ~ - попасть под расстрел
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FIRING SQUAD — воен. 1> салютная команда 2> команда, наряженная для расстрела to have to face the firing squad - попасть под расстрел
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIRING SQUAD — расстрельная команда
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FIRING SQUAD — расстрельная команда
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FIRING SQUAD — 1) салютная команда 2) команда, назначенная для произведения расстрела Syn: firing party
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FIRING SQUAD — 1) салютная команда 2) команда, назначенная для произведения расстрела Syn: firing party
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIRING SQUAD — = firing party 1
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FIRING SQUAD — = firing party 1
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FIRING SQUAD — команда, наряженная для расстрела
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FIRING SQUAD — = firing party 1
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FIRING SQUAD — Расстрел
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
FIRING SQUAD — 1) салютная команда 2) команда, назначенная для произведения расстрела Syn : firing party (военное) салютная команда; команда, наряженная для расстрела …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SQUAD — file
English interlingue dictionary
FIRING — noun Date: 14th century the act or process of one that fires, the process of maturing ceramic products by the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SQUAD — I. ˈskwäd also -wȯd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French esquade, esquadre, from Old Spanish & Old Italian; Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of firen to fire — more at fire 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRING — (n.) Fuel; firewood or coal.
Английский словарь Webster
SQUAD — /skwod/ , n. , v. , squadded, squadding . n. 1. a small number of soldiers, commonly 10 privates, a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUAD — noun sloppy mud. 2. squad ·noun hence, any small party. 3. squad ·noun a small party of men assembled for …
Webster English vocab
FIRING — noun fuel; firewood or coal. 2. firing ·noun the act of disharging firearms. 3. firing ·noun the application of fire, …
Webster English vocab
SQUAD — [squad] n [MF esquade, fr. OSp & OIt; OSp escuadra & OIt squadra, ultim. fr. (assumed) VL exquadrare to make …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SQUAD — squad BrE AmE skwɒd AmE skwɑːd ▷ squads skwɒdz AmE skwɑːdz ▶ ˈ squad car BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRING — firing BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE \ ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ɪŋ ▷ firing|s z ▶ ˈ firing line …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SQUAD — / skwɒd; NAmE skwɑːd/ noun [ C +sing./pl. v . ] 1. a section of a police force that deals …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRING — / ˈfaɪərɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the action of firing guns : There was continuous firing throughout …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUAD — squad W3 /skwɒd $ skwɑːd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: escouade , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SQUAD — n. 1 a small group of people sharing a task etc. 2 Mil. a small number of men assembled for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRING — n. 1 the discharging of guns. 2 material for a fire, fuel. 3 the heating process which hardens clay into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SQUAD — n. 1 a small group of people sharing a task etc. 2 Mil. a small number of men assembled for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRING — n. 1 the discharging of guns. 2 material for a fire, fuel. 3 the heating process which hardens clay into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SQUAD — n.1 a small group of people sharing a task etc. 2 Mil. a small number of men assembled for drill …
Oxford English vocab
FIRING — n.1 the discharging of guns. 2 material for a fire, fuel. 3 the heating process which hardens clay into pottery …
Oxford English vocab
SQUAD — ( squads) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A squad is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUAD — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a section …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SQUAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bomb disposal experts/team/squad/unit ▪ The device, which contained 400lbs of explosive, was made safe by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SQUAD — [noun] [C + singular or plural verb] - a small group of people trained to work together as a unitTwo …
Cambridge English vocab
SQUAD — See: FIRING SQUAD.
Slang English vocab
SQUAD — noun 1 police, soldiers, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ elite ▪ an elite combat ~ ▪ anti-terrorist ( esp. BrE ), bomb …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIRING — noun Firing is used before these nouns: ↑ line , ↑ mechanism , ↑ offence , ↑ range , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SQUAD — n. 25B6; noun an assassination squad : TEAM, crew, gang, band, cell, body, mob, outfit, force. a firing squad : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SQUAD — n. unit, team, band, company, crew, force, troop, cadre, gang, section, group, squadron, platoon, party They decided to call in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SQUAD — See: FIRING SQUAD.
Словарь английских идиом

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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