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electric chair
noun
- a chair used to electrocute criminals sentenced to death.
- the penalty of legal electrocution.
electric chair
noun
- an electrified chair for executing criminals
- execution by this method
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Origin of electric chair1
Example Sentences
He had requested death by firing squad over the other two state-approved methods of execution: electric chair and lethal injection.
The film suggests Cohn’s last great achievement was his first — sending both of the Rosenbergs to the electric chair in 1953.
Inmates in South Carolina are allowed to choose whether they want to die by lethal injection, electric chair or firing squad.
“Guys,†he said from the recording booth, “I don’t know that we should be talking about sending babies to the electric chair. Maybe we could just do ‘Should a baby get tried for matricide?’â€
She also longed for Obama to be executed by electric chair.
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