execution by a firing squad
1Execution by firing squad — Firing squad and shot at dawn redirect here. For other uses, see Firing squad (disambiguation). For the UK memorial, see Shot at Dawn Memorial. Part of a series on Capital punishment …
2firing squad — noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution • Syn: ↑firing party • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …
3Execution by shooting — is a form of capital punishment whereby an executed person is shot by one or more firearms. It is the most common method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries.cite web | url = http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/shooting.html …
4Execution (novel) — Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall (1917 ndash;1984). Although it won McDougall the 1958 Governor General s Award for English language fiction, it was his only novel, and after… …
5Execution by burning — has a long history as a method of punishment for crimes such as treason, heresy and witchcraft (burning, however, was actually less common than hanging, pressing, or drowning as a punishment for witchcraft). This method of execution fell into… …
6Execution van — Manufacturer Jinguan Group Also called Mobile Execution Unit Production 1997–present Execution vans, also referred to as mobile execution units , were developed by the government of the People s Republic of China and were first used in 1997.… …
7Execution of the Báb — On the morning of July 9, 1850 in Tabriz, a young Persian merchant known as the Báb was charged with apostasy and shot by order of the Prime Minister of the Persian Empire.cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Iranica |year= 1989 |article …
8firing party — noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution • Syn: ↑firing squad • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …
9execution — n. 1) to carry out an execution 2) a mass; public execution 3) execution by (execution by firing squad) * * * [ˌeksɪ kjuːʃ(ə)n] public execution amass to carry out an execution execution by (execution by firing squad) …
10Squad — For other uses, see Squad (disambiguation). Chain of Command of the British Army Unit Soldiers Commander Fireteam 4 …
