Synonyms for firing squad
fir·ing squad

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1. firing squad, firing partynoun

   a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution

   Synonyms:
   firing party

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1. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   Every single House Democrats, you can ask them, Pelosi on down, that it's one bill. So you're not voting for a $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, you're voting for a $ 5 trillion bill, they will hold it unless it goes forward. They have their internal firing squad right now upset with each other because one side won't vote for it unless they get reconciliation.

2. Another Tea Party-backed Republican senator:

   This is not the time for a circular firing squad, We need to come together and move forward.

3. Michelle Obama:

   One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say,' Uh, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be,' and then we start sometimes creating what's called a' circular firing squad,' where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues.

4. Jenny Cudd:

   All we need is one public hanging, and then people will start acting right -- kind of like it would be useful if we still had the firing squad for the death penalty, we shall see if there will be a public hanging in our future because it is still considered a valid form of death for treason.

5. Bernard Moore:

   I believe this election is forcing me to choose between two unconstitutional methods of execution, and I do not intend to waive any challenges to electrocution or firing squad by making an election.