lethal chamber

noun

1. a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lethal chamber¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

A regiment of United States lancers were drawn up in a hollow square round the Lethal Chamber.

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Constance asked me if I had seen the ceremonies at the Lethal Chamber.

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The electric lights were sparkling among the trees, and the new moon shone in the sky above the Lethal Chamber.

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I looked at the Lethal Chamber on the corner of the square opposite.

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I took his offered hand, and we strolled toward the Lethal Chamber.

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Imagine some caterpillar reader shuddering at this horror—this lethal chamber where prominent caterpillars are slowly eaten alive.

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If only he could burn them through and free himself and the professor before any of the pigmies re-entered that lethal chamber!

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It is because some writers have recognised this that they suggest the lethal chamber as a suitable place for them.

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Every man on fulfilling that period will avail himself of the Municipal Lethal Chamber.

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And presently he sees, radiant in the sunlight, the pleasant white-tiled dome of the lethal chamber.

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