Methods Of Execution

noun a chair used for executing criminals by means of electricity

• The criminal was sentenced to death by means of the electric chair.
• They're gonna fry him in the electric chair.
• He's gonna get zapped in the electric chair.
• Facing the consequences felt like sitting in the electric chair.

noun a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled

• The detective carefully examined the noose found at the crime scene.
• I can't believe they tried to prank me with a fake noose hanging from the ceiling!
• That guy is always hanging around like a loose noose, never leaving us alone.
• The debt felt like a tightening noose around his neck, suffocating him with each passing day.