death chamber

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   instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

   Synonymsgas chamber

   Broaderinstrument of execution

Questions about death chamber

What does death chamber mean?

death chamber means "instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals".

What is another word for death chamber?

Close synonyms include gas chamber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is death chamber a common word?

death chamber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.