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 But once her permission had been granted, Roberts said, Sturdy Colls went back on her word and dug into the mass grave connected to the camp’s first gas chamber. Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024 Many were led to gas chambers disguised as showers. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024 Atrocities against Jews were taken to a level not witnessed since Hitler’s gas chambers. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024 In 1942, the wooden barracks, gas chambers and crematoria of Birkenau were added for the extermination of Europe’s Jews, Roma and other nationals, as well as Russian prisoners of war. Czarek Sokolowski, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024 Höss was among those to envision a more efficient, executioner-friendly alternative: the use of the pesticide Zyklon B through gas chambers. Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024 In 1942, the wooden barracks, gas chambers and crematoria of Birkenau were added for the extermination of Europe's Jews, Roma and other nationals, as well as Russian prisoners of war. Czarek Sokolowski The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024 At the camp’s peak, Auschwitz’s gas chambers were capable of murdering 2,000 people an hour. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024 Glazer films employees cleaning inside a former gas chamber and in the halls and corridors where piles of shoes, crutches and other medical devices, and uniforms of inmates are on display. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gas chamber was in 1933

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“Gas chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20chamber. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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