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gas chamber

noun

  1. an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.


gas chamber

noun

  1. an airtight room into which poison gas is introduced to kill people or animals


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gas chamber1

First recorded in 1935–40

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Example Sentences

We drive past a small pond of foamy water where they dumped the ashes, to Gas Chamber and Crematorium II.

Across from this display is a clay diorama of a gas chamber in action.

Then I let out the gas chamber to its fullest extent and rose.

I did not care to risk contracting our gas chamber for fear of losing gas.

The line advanced slowly, like a gang of criminals going to the gas chamber.

As Tom Swift said, his new silencer had literally blown up, a large piece having been torn from the gas chamber.

Doyle was slated for a ride down the elevator that night to the death cell behind the gas chamber.

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