銃じゅう刑けい

noun

execution by shooting; death by firing squad

Refers specifically to capital punishment carried out by shooting, typically by a firing squad. A formal, legal term.

• その国くにでは、銃じゅう刑けいが今いまも行おこなわれている。

  In that country, execution by shooting is still carried out.

• 彼かれは反はん逆ぎゃく罪ざいで銃じゅう刑けいに処しょせられた。

  He was sentenced to death by firing squad for treason.