electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
In Florida, executions must be carried out by lethal injection or electric chair.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Under Florida law, executions must be carried out by lethal injection or the electric chair.
—Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
In Florida, executions must be carried out by lethal injection or electric chair.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Under Florida law, executions must be carried out by lethal injection or the electric chair.
—Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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