electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to be executed by a firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair, according to the Associated Press.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
All are set to be executed by lethal injection except Mahdi, who has until next week to choose between lethal injection, the firing squad or the electric chair.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to be executed by a firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair, according to the Associated Press.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
All are set to be executed by lethal injection except Mahdi, who has until next week to choose between lethal injection, the firing squad or the electric chair.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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