electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
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Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Context: Tennessee allows two forms of execution: lethal injection, which is the primary method, and the electric chair.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
That legislation also revived the state's use of the electric chair.
—CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
The plot concerns Trump’s learning at the feet of Roy Cohn, the powerful attorney and political fixer known for his work with Joseph McCarthy, and who brags in the film of sending the Rosenbergs to the electric chair.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
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Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Context: Tennessee allows two forms of execution: lethal injection, which is the primary method, and the electric chair.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
That legislation also revived the state's use of the electric chair.
—CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
The plot concerns Trump’s learning at the feet of Roy Cohn, the powerful attorney and political fixer known for his work with Joseph McCarthy, and who brags in the film of sending the Rosenbergs to the electric chair.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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