electric chair

n.

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a device used for execution of criminals, consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body. This method of killing is called electrocution.

Noun

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electric chair - an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" Synonyms: death chair, hot seat, chair

ax, block, cross, death chair, death chamber, drop, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet, guillotine, halter, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, lethal chamber, maiden, noose, rope, scaffold, stake, the chair, tree