gas chamber

noun

: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas

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But an uproar ensued after one of the SSPX bishops, Richard Williamson, publicly denied in a television interview that Jews were killed in gas chambers during World War II. Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki was scheduled to join survivors for a remembrance ceremony at Birkenau, the vast site nearby where Jews from across Europe were exterminated in gas chambers. Vanessa Gera, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026 In later posts on its X account, the chatbot acknowledged that its earlier reply to an X user was wrong, said it had been deleted and pointed to historical evidence that Auschwitz’s gas chambers using Zyklon B were used to murder more than 1 million people. Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025 The other Kansas Young Republicans officer in the group chat, chair Alex Dwyer, reportedly reacted with a heart emoji to a message about killing political opponents in a gas chamber. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gas chamber

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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 11 Feb. 2026.

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