firing squad

English

Maximilian of Mexico before firing squad (Manet)

firing squad (plural firing squads)

A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
Synonym: firing party

a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially

Armenian: գնդակահարողների խումբ (gndakaharołneri xumb) (for executing)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行刑隊 (zh), 行刑队 (zh) (xíngxíngduì)
Dutch: vuurpeloton (nl) n
Esperanto: pafeskadro
Finnish: teloituskomppania, teloituspartio
French: peloton d’exécution (fr) m
Georgian: ათეული (ateuli)
German: Erschießungskommando (de) n, Exekutionskommando, Hinrichtungskommando, Peloton (de) n, Ehrensalutkommando
Greek: εκτελεστικό απόσπασμα n (ektelestikó apóspasma)
Hebrew: כיתת יורים‎ f
Hungarian: kivégzőosztag
Icelandic: aftökusveit f
Italian: plotone d'esecuzione

Japanese: 銃殺隊 (じゅうさつたい, jūsatsutai)
Khmer: បាញ់ក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិ (baɲ krom cumrəəh ciet), ក្រុមទាហានពេជ្ឈឃាដ (krom tiehien pɨccʰea’kʰiet)
Macedonian: стрелачки вод m (strélački vod)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: جوخه آتش‎ (juxe âtaš)
Portuguese: pelotão de fuzilamento m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: расстре́льная кома́нда f (rasstrélʹnaja kománda)
Spanish: pelotón de fusilamiento m
Swedish: exekutionspluton c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: idam mangası
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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