gas chamber

American  

noun

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

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gas chamber British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of gas chamber

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

They’ve just spent time in the grimmest section of the Holocaust exhibit, where they had to file through brick tunnels into a stark, windowless room that evokes a gas chamber.

From Los Angeles Times

During Friday's commemorations, Holocaust survivors wearing hats and scarves in the blue and white stripes of camp uniforms and others laid candles on the ruins of a gas chamber.

From Reuters

Arizona is the only state to currently have a working gas chamber.

From Seattle Times

The state’s gas chamber at the prison in Florence, southeast of Phoenix, was dormant as Arizona started using lethal injection.

From Seattle Times

Arizona, which carried out the last gas chamber execution in the United States more than two decades ago, is the only state with a working gas chamber.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• gulag
• internment camp
• prison camp