gas chamber

noun

: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas

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As Hedwig puts it on and turns side to side, gazing at her own reflection in a mirror, our thoughts inevitably turn to the coat’s prior owner, a woman never mentioned in the film, but almost certainly Jewish and murdered in the camp’s gas chambers on arrival. —

Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 Along the way, he’s been shot, stabbed, paralyzed, ejected from a submarine, trapped in a gas chamber, stalked by a serial killer, attacked by Satan, and has effortlessly come back to life after being dead — all while his signature eyebrow arch reacted to the chaos accordingly. —

Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024 Shot in Sweden in 1972, the film told the tale of a clown taken to a concentration camp and tasked with walking children to gas chambers. —

Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024 This is being carried out using mobile carts with carbon dioxide gas chambers, a common culling method. —

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for gas chamber