Meanings
plural gas chambers
- A sealed chamber in which people are executed with poison gas.
1 more example
There was this boy I sent to the gas chamber at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again.
2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) - figurativelyAny close, stinking room or place.
Leiter wound down a window. 'Whaddya want ter do?' asked the driver over his shoulder. 'Gimme pneumony?' 'Just that,' said Leiter, 'if it means saving us from this gas chamber.'
1954, Ian Fleming, “The Big Switchboard”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 38
Synonyms & antonyms
nouninstrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic غُرْفَة اَلْغَاز
- غُرْفَة اَلْغَاز (ḡurfat al-ḡāz)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Bulgarian га́зова камера
- га́зова камера (gázova kamera)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Catalan cambra de gas
- cambra de gasa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Chinese Mandarin 毒氣室 /毒气室
- 毒氣室 /毒气室 (dúqìshì)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Czech plynová komora
- plynová komoraa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Danish gaskammer
- gaskammera sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Dutch gaskamer
- gaskamera sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Estonian gaasikamber
- gaasikambera sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Finnish kaasukammio
- kaasukammioa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
French chambre à gaz
- chambre à gaza sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
German Gaskammer, Vergasungskeller
- Gaskammera sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
- Vergasungskellera sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Greek θάλαμος αερίων
- θάλαμος αερίων (thálamos aeríon)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Hebrew תא גזים
- תא גזים (ta-gázim)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Hindi गैस चैम्बर
- गैस चैम्बरa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Hungarian gázkamra
- gázkamraa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Italian camera a gas
- camera a gasa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Japanese ガス室
- ガス室 (gasu-shitsu)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Korean 가스 처형실
- 가스 처형실 (gaseu cheohyeongsil)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Latin conclave gasio internecivo effundendo
- conclave gasio internecivo effundendoa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Norwegian gasskammer
- gasskammera sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Persian اتاق گاز
- اتاق گاز (otâq-e gâz)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Polish komora gazowa
- komora gazowaa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Portuguese câmara de gás
- câmara de gása sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Romanian cameră de gazare
- cameră de gazarea sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Russian га́зовая ка́мера
- га́зовая ка́мера (gázovaja kámera)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Slovak plynová komora
- plynová komoraa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Spanish cámara de gas
- cámara de gasa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Swedish gaskammare
- gaskammarea sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Thai ห้องแก๊ส, ห้องอบไอพิษ
- ห้องแก๊ส (hông gáet)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
- ห้องอบไอพิษ (hông òp ai pít)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Turkish gaz odası
- gaz odasıa sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Ukrainian га́зова ка́мера
- га́зова ка́мера (házova kámera)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Vietnamese buồng khí
- buồng khía sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Yiddish גאַז קאַמער
- גאַז קאַמער (gaz kamer)a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
Cite this entry
gas chamber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20chamber
“gas chamber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20chamber. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gas chamber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20chamber.
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