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

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

From Los Angeles Times

Operating from six sites across Germany and Austria, T4 was the first instance of mass murder by gas chamber and served as a prologue to the larger genocide.

From BBC

The green gas chamber being taken apart was just several hundred feet from where he sat.

From BBC

“I have a nice gas chamber for you,” one wrote.

From Salon

“I sat on the floor, covered my eyes and tried to reconstruct what it must have felt like to be in the gas chamber,” he said in the documentary.

From New York Times

Related Words

• gulag
• internment camp
• prison camp