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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas chamber¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

At one point, he announced he wanted the gas chamber.

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Glenn was sentenced to the gas chamber for Karen’s murder, but two years later Colorado abolished the death penalty.

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“Sending her to the gas chamber didn’t bother me at all.”

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By the winter of 1941, the Nazis had constructed their first gas chamber and crematorium at Auschwitz.

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How will the gaffer run cables to power the lights to shoot inside a gas chamber?

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Related Words

• gulag 
• internment camp 
• prison camp