firing party
Britishnoun
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a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
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another name for firing squad
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Nearby stood a military band, an 82nd Airborne color guard and a firing party, its seven soldiers arrayed in line.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2022
The Royal Anglian Regiment, into which the Essex was amalgamated, provided bearers and a firing party for his funeral on Thursday.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2019
A chaplain spoke a prayer, a bugler sounded Taps and a firing party shot three times into the soft morning light.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2015
After a firing party shot into the frigid air Friday, the smell of gunpowder lingered above the endless rows of white headstones.
From Washington Post
Cabrera now dismissed the firing party with a wave of his hand, the officer in command exchanging an encouraging nod with Rollo.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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