electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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Instead of the electric chair, Herndon would have suffered a slow, painful death through hard labor.
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Both died by the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in Ossining, N.Y. in 1951, according to the The New York Times.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
The few remaining specialty stores—places such as Balloon Saloon, the Fountain Pen Hospital, Gramercy Typewriter Company—have charmed their way out of the electric chair, if not exactly off death row.
—Nathan King, airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024
The last three died by the electric chair, which those on death row can choose as their method of execution.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Both died by the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in Ossining, N.Y. in 1951, according to the The New York Times.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
The few remaining specialty stores—places such as Balloon Saloon, the Fountain Pen Hospital, Gramercy Typewriter Company—have charmed their way out of the electric chair, if not exactly off death row.
—Nathan King, airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024
The last three died by the electric chair, which those on death row can choose as their method of execution.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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