Electric-chair meaning
A device used in the electrocution of a person sentenced to death, consisting of a chair in which the person is restrained and a means of applying a lethal electrical current to the body.
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Execution by means of such a device.
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The sentence of death by means of such a device.
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An apparatus in the form of a chair, used in electrocuting persons sentenced to death.
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The death sentence by electrocution.
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Attributive form of electric chair.
Electric-chair efficacy.
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