electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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As a young man desperate to impress his father, Fred (Martin Donovan), Trump finds an unexpected ally in notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, infamous for sending the Rosenbergs to the electric chair at the height of the Red Scare.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
This decision follows arguments from lawyers representing a group of people on death row that the electric chair and firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
—CBS News, 31 July 2024
He was convicted of Cermak’s murder and executed by the electric chair just weeks later, on March 20, 1933.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The electric chair was promoted as civilized and at the same time imbued with the technological sublime, the mystery of electrical power harnessed by humans.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
This decision follows arguments from lawyers representing a group of people on death row that the electric chair and firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
—CBS News, 31 July 2024
He was convicted of Cermak’s murder and executed by the electric chair just weeks later, on March 20, 1933.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The electric chair was promoted as civilized and at the same time imbued with the technological sublime, the mystery of electrical power harnessed by humans.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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 15 Sep. 2024.
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