electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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The most recent execution via firing squad in the United States occurred in South Carolina, where Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed in March, opting for the method instead of the electric chair or lethal injection.
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Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Every trip to the electric chair is horrifying; a sequence where an intentionally botched execution ignites a still-living prisoner's screaming head in ghoulish blue flames is up there with any supernatural fright King's ever conceived.
—James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Magrath testified that this very bullet severed the great artery leading from Berardelli’s heart – testimony that would help seal Sacco’s fate, eventually sending both defendants to the electric chair.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Lynch tried to lock in the Disarm-Her again, but Bella picked her up for an electric chair drop and a takedown for another two.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Every trip to the electric chair is horrifying; a sequence where an intentionally botched execution ignites a still-living prisoner's screaming head in ghoulish blue flames is up there with any supernatural fright King's ever conceived.
—James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Magrath testified that this very bullet severed the great artery leading from Berardelli’s heart – testimony that would help seal Sacco’s fate, eventually sending both defendants to the electric chair.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Lynch tried to lock in the Disarm-Her again, but Bella picked her up for an electric chair drop and a takedown for another two.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for electric chair
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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