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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.se paʁ le.z‿aʁm/ ~ /pɑ.se paʁ le.z‿aʁm/
Verb
passer par les armes
- (transitive) to execute by firing squad
1952, Georges Blond, L'Agonie de l'Allemagne 1944-1945, Fayard, page 143:Les faux Américains furent démasqués et capturés. Leur procès s’ouvrit le 22 décembre à Henri-Chapelle, en Belgique. Ils furent condamnés à mort et passés par les armes, […].- (please add an English translation of this quotation)