0 a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a prisoner
1 a group of soldiers whose job is to shoot and kill someone as a punishment
The young officer who commanded them was more nervous than the prisoner—it was his first detail with a firing squad.
Suppose they took her for a spy, and that tomorrow's sun found her facing a firing squad?
It halted and the man took his place before the firing squad but a few feet away.
I'd rather die before a firing squad after an attempt to save my wretched country than live to see it set back a hundred years.
Barney wondered just what kind of a sensation it was to stand facing a firing squad.