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[ noun ] an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair

Examples

"the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Mr._Christiansen knows that a soldier will get the Distinguished_Service_Medal for conduct that would land him in prison for life or the electric_chair as a civilian .

Related terms

instrument_of_execution

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