gas chamber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gas chamber
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Specifying the gas chamber in the constitution was thought to be a way of making it hard for the state to resume hanging in response to a horrific crime.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
In March 2019, Governor Newsom issued an executive order that halted the death penalty in the state and ordered the dismantling of the gas chamber in San Quentin.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on executions in 2019 and dismantled the prison’s gas chamber, and in 2022 he announced plans to begin transferring inmates sentenced to death to other prisons.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
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 ● Apr. 3, 2023
As Tom Swift said, his new silencer had literally blown up, a large piece having been torn from the gas chamber.
From Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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