firing squad in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for firing squad in the English»Serbian Dictionary

'fir·ing squad N

firing squad

streljački vod m

Translations for firing squad in the English»Serbian Dictionary

fir·ing ['faɪərɪŋ] N

1. firing no pl (shooting):

firing

pucanje nt

firing of a rocket

ispaljivanje nt

firing practice

streljačka vežba

2. firing no pl (in a kiln):

firing

pečenje nt

3. firing (dismissal):

firing

otpuštanje nt

I.fire ['faɪəʳ] N

1. fire no pl:

fire

vatra f

electric fire

električna peć

gas fire

plinska peć

open fire

kamin

open fire (outside)

ognjište

to play with fire

igrati se vatrom a. fig

2. fire no pl (destructive burning):

fire

požar m

fire!

gori!

fire control [or prevention]

sprečavanje/kontrola požara

fire damage

šteta od požara

forest fire

šumski požar

fire risk

opasnost od požara

to be on fire

goreti

to catch fire

zapaliti se

destroyed by fire

uništen u požaru

to set sth on fire [or fire to sth]

zapaliti nešto

3. fire no pl MIL:

fire

vatra f

fire

paljba f

in the line of fire

na liniji vatre

covering fire

pokrivati vatrom

to be under fire

biti pod vatrom

to come under fire

naći se pod paljbom a. fig

to open/cease/return fire

otvoriti/prestati/uzvratiti paljbu

4. fire no pl (fervour):

fire

žar m

Phrases:

to set the world on fire

žariti i paliti

to hang/hold fire

obustaviti paljbu

get on like a house on fire

lepo se slagati

there's no smoke without fire

gde ima dima, ima i vatre

add fuel to the fire

dolivati ulje na vatru

II.fire ['faɪəʳ] VB trans

1. fire (bake in kiln):

fire

ispeći // peći

2. fire (shoot):

fire

ispucati // pucati

fire shot

ispaliti // ispaljivati

to fire a gun at sb/sth

pucati iz pištolja na nekoga/nešto

fig to fire questions at sb

bombardovati nekoga pitanjima

to fire a salute

ispaliti počasni plotun

3. fire (dismiss):

fire

otpustiti // otpuštati

4. fire (excite):

fire person

uzbuditi // uzbuđivati

fire imagination

raspaliti // raspaljivati

III.fire ['faɪəʳ] VB intr

1. fire (shoot):

fire

pucati imperf at - na

2. fire:

fire (start up)

uključiti // uključivati

fire (start up)

upaliti // paliti

fire (be operating)

biti pogonjen imperf

squad [skwɒd] N + sing/pl vb

1. squad (group):

squad

družina f

2. squad SPORTS:

squad

ekipa f

3. squad MIL:

squad

vod m

squad

grupa f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He said that to the firing squad just before they whacked him.

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The other, the daughter of servants, rejects the values of the former, who she once saved from a firing squad.

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The play ends with the main character faced with a firing squad.

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Due to the soldier's incompetence he is due to face the firing squad.

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I am waiting for the firing squad any minute now.

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A widely accepted account tells how he asked not to be blindfolded and to give the command to the firing squad himself.

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It is said that his final act before facing the firing squad was to smoke a cigarette.

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In 1847, difficulties in making the guillotine available for every execution made the government stablish firing squad as an alternative mode of execution.

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For military servicemen, the firing squad is symbolic.

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A firing squad is normally composed of several soldiers or law enforcement officers.

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