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Meaning of "gas chamber" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GAS CHAMBER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAS CHAMBER

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Gas chamber is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GAS CHAMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gas chamber

Gas chamber

A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used. Gas chambers were used as a method of execution for condemned prisoners in the United States beginning in the 1920s and continues to be a legal execution method in 3 states. During the Holocaust, large-scale gas chambers designed for mass killing were used by Nazi Germany as part of their genocide program, and also by the Independent State of Croatia at the Jasenovac concentration camp. The use of gas chambers has also been reported in North Korea.

Definition of gas chamber in the English dictionary

The definition of gas chamber in the dictionary is an airtight room into which poison gas is introduced to kill people or animals.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAS CHAMBER

gas black
gas board
gas bracket
gas burner
gas carrier
gas central heating
gas chromatography
gas coal
gas constant
gas cooker
gas cylinder
gas engine
gas equation
gas explosion
gas fire
gas fitter
gas fittings
gas fixture
gas gangrene
gas gauge

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAS CHAMBER

air chamber
amber
antechamber
camber
chamber
clamber
climber
cloud chamber
combustion chamber
council chamber
echo chamber
float chamber
ionization chamber
jamber
lamber
lower chamber
magma chamber
reaction chamber
second chamber
torture chamber
upper chamber

Synonyms and antonyms of gas chamber in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gas chamber» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAS CHAMBER

Find out the translation of gas chamber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gas chamber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gas chamber» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cámara de gas
570 millions of speakers

English

gas chamber
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गैस चैम्बर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرفة الغاز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

газовая камера
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

câmara de gás
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্যাস চেম্বারের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chambre à gaz
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ruang gas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gaskammer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガス室
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가스실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamar gas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bồn chứa xăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிவாயு அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅस चेंबर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gaz odası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camera a gas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

komora gazowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

газова камера
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cameră de gazare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θάλαμο αερίων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaskamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gaskammare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gasskammer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gas chamber

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAS CHAMBER»

The term «gas chamber» is regularly used and occupies the 103.301 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAS CHAMBER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gas chamber

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2 QUOTES WITH «GAS CHAMBER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gas chamber.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
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Huey Newton
I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAS CHAMBER»

Discover the use of gas chamber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gas chamber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber
Traces the history of the gas chamber, beginning with its first construction in Nevada in 1924 as a humane method of execution, and describes the political, corporate, and military uses for the technology through the twentieth century.
Scott Christianson, 2010
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Deterioration of paper as indicated by gas chamber tests
One of the binders was placed on its side in the center of the support in the gas chamber. The binder rested directly on cork stoppers so that air could circulate around all sides of it. To keep it tightly closed, a 4%- by 8%-inch piece of soapstone ...
Temple De Rochbrune Jarrell, Fletcher Pearre Veitch, James McKenzie Hankins, 1938
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Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900-1998
In August 1993, David Mason waived both his right to federal appeals and his right to choose between lethal injection and the gas chamber as a method of execution. He was, therefore, put to death in the gas chamber as the California law ...
Kathleen A. O'Shea, 1999
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The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook
That means you will be subjected to training in the gas chamber. Worrying about this training can be (and often is) worse than the actual training! Many recruits wonder why they need to go through the gas chamber in the first place. You will be ...
Michael C. Volkin, Sergeant Michael C. Volkin, 2005
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The Death Penalty: an American history
In some states the initial use of the gas chamber proceeded as smoothly as it had in Nevada. The death of William Cody Kelley, executed in Colorado's gas chamber in 1934, was described in the local press as “far quicker and much more  ...
Stuart BANNER, Stuart Banner, 2009
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The Case for Auschwitz: Evidence from the Irving Trial
(Opposite topf Crematorium 4, first gas chamber (no. 8 in axonometric abovel. The view is from the corridor toward the second gas chamber at the left and the third gas chamber at the far end. Two of the small wtndows that can be closed with ...
Robert Jan Pelt, 2002
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Game Design: Theory and Practice, Second Edition
Straight ahead, the hall passes the Gas Chamber Control Room and then leads to another hall that forks off to the east. If the player passes that hall and continues, he comes upon the Lethal Injection Control Room. In that room the player finds ...
Richard Rouse III, 2010
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Law & Criminal Justice: Emerging Issues in the Twenty-first ...
Gas Chamber The gas chamber was developed in the 1920s as a modern, humane alternative to firing squads and hanging. Much like the Kemmler case's challenge to the first execution by electrocution, the use of the gas chamber was  ...
Christopher E. Smith, Madhavi Michael McCall, Cynthia Perez McCluskey, 2005
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Adventures in Paranormal Investigation
The presence of a gas chamber at that facility is still the subject of controversy. Holocaust “revisionists” such as David Irving have denied the existence of a gas chamber at Dachau. Irving has declared that the gas chambers at Auschwitz and  ...
Joe Nickell, 2013
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Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp
clothes room to gas chamber to "storage" to sluice to the hall with the eight- muffle furnace. Since no mechanical ventilation had been planned for crematoria IV and V, deaerating a gas chamber there by natural means carried with it too many ...
Yisrael Gutman, Michael Berenbaum, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAS CHAMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gas chamber is used in the context of the following news items.
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Secret Science: A Century of Poison Warfare and Human …
... described as “a run-of-the-mill lad from the lower-working classes”, walked into a gas chamber at Porton Down, having been assured that he ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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Jewish groups protest art installation at Polish museum - Israel …
Simon Wiesenthal Center calls video shows naked men and women playing a game of tag in a gas chamber 'offensive and disgusting.' AP and ... «Ynetnews, Jul 15»
3
Polish museum shows naked game in gas chamber
A Polish art museum has resumed an art installation featuring a video of naked men and women playing tag in a gas chamber, despite protests ... «Jweekly.com, Jul 15»
4
Kraków museum under fire again for Auschwitz 'game of tag' film
However, ' Game of Tag', which was partly recorded at a former gas chamber at the once Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, has ... «thenews.pl, Jul 15»
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Polish museum under fire again for Auschwitz film
... Kraków has been subjected to a further barrage of criticism over a controversial film that shows people playing tag naked in a gas chamber. «WND.com, Jul 15»
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Video of naked people playing tag in gas chamber incites outrage
WARSAW, Poland — Jewish officials are furious over a video installation at a Polish museum that shows naked men and women playing a ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
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Could the gas chamber return in the US?
The gas chamber remains on the books as a possible execution method in some states. Historian and author Scott Christianson talks about the ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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Jewish groups protest Polish museum exhibition showing naked …
... officials are furious over a video installation at a Polish museum that shows naked men and women playing a game of tag in a gas chamber. «The Chronicle Journal, Jul 15»
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Polish museum returns controversial gas chamber installation
A controversial performance art installation featuring naked men and women playing tag within a gas chamber has been returned to a Polish ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
10
The VA's broken promise to thousands of vets exposed to mustard gas
Three test subjects enter a gas chamber, which will fill with mustard gas, as part of the military's secret chemical warfare testing in March 1945. «89.3 KPCC, Jun 15»

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