gas chamber

noun

: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas

Examples of gas chamber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He was sentenced to death by gas chamber in 1989, but died of cancer in 2013 at age 53. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

However, one of those bishops, Richard Williamson, was later found to have falsely claimed the Nazis did not use gas chambers in the Holocaust and would later be prosecuted and convicted by a German court. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Walking through gas chambers and crematoria is not an intellectual exercise. — Rabbi Evan Susman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026

Politico had recently published text messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat that contained quips about Hitler, gas chambers, slavery, and rape. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gas chamber

• bedchamber
• antechamber