electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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Context: Tennessee allows two forms of execution: lethal injection, which is the primary method, and the electric chair.
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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
The plot concerns Trump’s learning at the feet of Cohn, the powerful political fixer known for his work with anticommunist Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.), someone who brags of sending the Rosenbergs to the electric chair.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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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
The plot concerns Trump’s learning at the feet of Cohn, the powerful political fixer known for his work with anticommunist Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.), someone who brags of sending the Rosenbergs to the electric chair.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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