Nevada gas

noun

Hydrogen cyanide, used in the gas chamber.

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Meanings

nounNevada gas (uncountable)
  1. USslanguncountableHydrogen cyanide, used in the gas chamber.

    In the front seat it had a tank of Nevada gas, cyanide, which the guy driving could turn into the back part without getting it himself.

    1935, Raymond Chandler, Nevada Gas, The Library of America, page 166

Synonyms & antonyms

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hydrogen cyanide

Origin

The first gas chamber was used in Nevada, USA on February 8, 1924.

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Nevada gas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nevada%20gas

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“Nevada gas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nevada%20gas. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nevada gas,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nevada%20gas.

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