gas chamber
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crime & lawgas chamberˈgas ˌchamber noun [countable] SCa large room in which people or animals are killed with poisonous gasExamples from the Corpusgas chamber• Like a gas chamber, it overwhelms.• They knew Amelia was too skinny to avoid the gas chamber.• If some one had a wound, or looked too weak or too sick, they were selected for the gas chamber.• Both died in the gas chamber.• In California all three candidates for governor have promised to keep the gas chamber busy.• Ronald Reagan appointee, was on the panel that unanimously upheld the gas chamber ban Wednesday.• Only three other states still use the gas chamber, Laurence said.