Execution Methods

noun A chamber in which a poisonous gas is used to kill people or animals

• The gas chamber was used as a method of execution in some historical contexts.
• They say the old abandoned building used to house a gas chamber.
• That place gives me the creeps, it feels like a gas chamber in there.
• The tension in the room was so thick, it felt like a gas chamber waiting to explode.

noun a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

• The guillotine was used for executions during the French Revolution.
• They say the guillotine was a pretty brutal way to go.
• I heard they nicknamed the guillotine 'The Widow Maker'.
• In the world of politics, a scandal can be like a guillotine for a politician's career.