firing squad

Questions about firing squad

What is another word for firing squad?

It depends which firing squad you mean. In the sense “a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution”, the synonyms are firing party. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of firing squad?

WordNet records no antonym for firing squad. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for firing squad come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of firing squad

• Full entry for firing squadAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for firing squadWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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