gas chamber

noun

: a chamber in which prisoners are executed by poison gas

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The text messages contained jokes about gas chambers, slavery, and rape. — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 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 At Auschwitz, about 550 Jewish people were chosen for labor, while the remaining 2,450 died in gas chambers. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gas chamber

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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