gas chamber

  • 1Gas Chamber — Gas Chamber …

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  • 2gas chamber — gas chambers N COUNT A gas chamber is a room that has been specially built so that it can be filled with poisonous gas in order to kill people or animals …

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  • 3gas chamber — gas .chamber n a large room in which people or animals are killed with poisonous gas …

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  • 4gas chamber — gas ,chamber noun count a building or room where officials kill prisoners by filling the air with poison gas …

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  • 5gas chamber — ► NOUN ▪ an airtight room that can be filled with poisonous gas to kill people or animals …

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  • 6gas chamber — n. a room in which people are put to be killed with poison gas …

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  • 7Gas chamber — A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used.… …

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  • 8gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas. [1935 40] * * * ▪ execution device       method of executing condemned prisoners by lethal gas.       The gas chamber was first adopted in the U.S. state of Nevada in… …

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  • 9gas chamber — noun instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑death chamber • Hypernyms: ↑instrument of execution * * * noun, pl ⋯ bers [count] : a room in which… …

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  • 10gas chamber — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms gas chamber : singular gas chamber plural gas chambers a building or room where officials kill prisoners by filling the air with poison gas …

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