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GAS CHAMBER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gas chamber mean?

• GAS CHAMBER (noun)
The noun GAS CHAMBER has 1 sense:

1. instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

Familiarity information: GAS CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.

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• GAS CHAMBER (noun)

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Meaning:

Instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

death chamber; gas chamber

Hypernyms ("gas chamber" is a kind of...):

instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)

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