From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfiring squadˈfiring squad noun [countable] PMAKILLa group of soldiers whose duty is to punish prisoners by shooting and killing them
Examples from the Corpus
firing squad• In December, Beria was found guilty and sent before a firing squad.• Meanwhile, Switzer faces a firing squad each day.• Facing him at the office next day was like facing a firing squad.• On the other hand, we are not a nation that summarily disposes of our criminal population with a firing squad.• Billy had heard that one man in each firing squad was customarily given a rifle loaded with blank cartridge.• Due to the youthful inaccuracy of the firing squad, few if any were killed at the first volley. 