gas chamber
nounDefinition of gas chamber
: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas
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Lake, using a fake identity — Dianne Bluestein, supposedly in her early 20s — didn’t say anything as a detective threatened her with the gas chamber. — Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times, "How Charles Manson cast his spell on homecoming queens, honor students and dropouts," 11 Aug. 2019 Options included prison, gas chamber, live burial, guillotine, and machine-gun execution. — Paul Mozur, New York Times, "In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons," 26 July 2019 The gas chamber is the final step of the many different small steps, and that responsibility is shared. — Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan, Fortune, "The Largest U.S. Exhibit Ever About the Holocaust Opens in Downtown Manhattan," 27 July 2019 Killing people on an industrial scale required an industrial apparatus, which meant not just gas chambers and crematoria, but also thousands of small decisions about how those buildings would function. — Philip Kennicott, chicagotribune.com, "Will future museums study our migrant cages?," 22 July 2019 Killing people on an industrial scale required an industrial apparatus, which meant not just gas chambers and crematoria, but also thousands of small decisions about how those buildings would function. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, "Will our migrant detention cages be studied in tomorrow’s museums?," 18 July 2019 Most people were killed in gas chambers shortly after their arrival. — Palko Karasz, New York Times, "Semyon Rozenfeld, Last Known Survivor of Death Camp Escape, Dies at 96," 5 June 2019 Wyoming Rock Springs: Two residents are trying to end the use of a gas chamber for euthanasia at an animal shelter. — USA TODAY, "Titanic auction, Legos, mighty Mississippi: News from around our 50 states," 22 July 2019 Kor wrote a letter of forgiveness to Munch after their meeting and, two years later, Munch signed a letter acknowledging the gas chambers at concentration camps. — CBS News, "Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate Eva Mozes Kor dies at 85," 4 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gas chamber.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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