: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas
Examples of gas chamber in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe app centers on the story of Polish survivor Thomas Blatt, who escaped from Sobibor during a famous 1943 uprising and created a detailed map from memory, including key locations such as the barracks, guard towers, gas chambers and mass graves.—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024 Catherine stole a piece of bread to give to a starving Tania, who was caught with the bread and beaten in front of Catherine and sent to a gas chamber.—Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024 The tiny island, which today has just over 2,000 residents and sits about 10 miles off the French coast, did not have gas chambers.—Claire Moses, New York Times, 22 May 2024 Thanos was the first person to die in the state’s gas chamber in 32 years and was white.—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gas chamber
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