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[ noun ] instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals
Synonyms Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)One who had been a boy in Auschwitz had_to tell how children had been selected by height for the gas_chambers . The gruesome humor of the Nazis was not forgotten - the gas_chamber with a sign on it with the name of a Jewish foundation and bearing a copper Star_of_David - nor the gratuitous sadism of SS officers . Related terms |
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