单词	electric chair
释义	electric chair noun 1 : a chair used in legal electrocution 2 : the penalty of death by electrocution Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web High-profile espionage cases in the post-war period often invoke the grisly fate of the Rosenbergs, the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed by electric chair for sharing atomic secrets with the Soviet Union in peace time. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022 Three of four executions in Tennessee have been carried out by electric chair since 2019, the release said. Rachel Wegner, USA TODAY, 2 May 2022 The state has not performed an execution since February 2020, when Nicholas Sutton was put to death by electric chair. Jamiel Lynch And Emma Tucker, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022 Death row inmates are given the choice between lethal injection and the electric chair in Tennessee. Rachel Wegner, USA TODAY, 2 May 2022 Moore is also separately asking a federal judge to consider whether the firing squad and the electric chair are cruel and unusual. CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022 Moore is also separately asking a federal judge to consider whether the firing squad and the electric chair are cruel and unusual. NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022 Under South Carolina’s former law, death row inmates chose between lethal injection and the electric chair. Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 Sing Sing opened in 1825 and has a notorious reputation; more than 600 executions had been conducted in an adjacent prison building called the Death House, where the electric chair was known as Old Sparky. New York Times, 7 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition electric chair noun elec·​tric chair 1 : a chair used in performing a legal electrocution 2 : the penalty of death by electrocution
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