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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.

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 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:
Persian: جوخه آتش ‎(juxe âtaš)
Portuguese: pelotão de fuzilamento m
Romanian:
Russian: расстре́льная кома́нда f ‎(rasstrélʹnaja kománda)
Spanish: pelotón de fusilamiento m
Swedish: exekutionspluton c
Thai:
Turkish: idam mangası
Vietnamese: