gas chamber

gas chamber
Synonyms and related words:
Belsen, abattoir, aceldama, ax, beheading, block, burning, butchery, capital punishment, concentration camp, cross, crucifixion, death chair, death chamber, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, drop, electric chair, electrocution, execution, field of blood, fusillade, gallows, gallows-tree, garrote, gassing, gibbet, guillotine, halter, hanging, hemlock, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, judicial murder, lapidation, lethal chamber, maiden, necktie party, noose, poisoning, rope, scaffold, shambles, shooting, slaughterhouse, stake, stockyard, stoning, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, tree

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