gas chamber

noun

: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas

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When the Red Army liberated the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945, the soldiers encountered unimaginable horrors, including mass graves, the smoldering remains of gas chambers and prisoners starving to death. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025 The Germans later established some 40 camps in the area, but the most infamous is Birkenau, a vast site that was part of the Auschwitz complex, used for mass killings in gas chambers. Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025 Executions in Arizona may be carried out by lethal injection or gas chamber. Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024 In a quiet and somber moment, the event commemorated more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, who perished in gas chambers or from starvation, cold and disease at the camp. NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gas chamber

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1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gas chamber was in 1933

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“Gas chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20chamber. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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