electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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Cena answered Cody’s offense with an electric chair for a two-count.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Black is eligible to select the electric chair for his execution since his crime took place in 1987.
—Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 30 July 2025
Martha Place was the first woman in America to be zapped into the hereafter by an electric chair.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Where Bill sent men to the electric chair, Paul defended accused killers bound for the death house.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 28 May 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Black is eligible to select the electric chair for his execution since his crime took place in 1987.
—Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 30 July 2025
Martha Place was the first woman in America to be zapped into the hereafter by an electric chair.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Where Bill sent men to the electric chair, Paul defended accused killers bound for the death house.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 28 May 2025
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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