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. Barack Obama:

   One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, Uh, Im sorry, this is how its going to be, and then we start sometimes creating whats called a circular firing squad, where you start shooting at your allies because one of them has strayed from purity on the issues.

3. Paul Ray:

   Your body is paralyzed, you feel everything, your body slowly shuts down over a period of minutes based on the drug cocktail that's given to you. Whereas a firing squad, you reach the death obviously in three to five seconds.

4. Colin Strother:

   We need to end the circular firing squad and get to work. Our biggest obstacle to success is members of our own Democratic Party, we have one or two senators holding up big ticket items that we need to pass. We have a handful of the far left in the House who have never done anything acting like they dictate the agenda and the timeline for bills passing.

5. 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.