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chair, death chair, electric chair, hot seat
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
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gallows
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
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garotte, garrote, garrotte, iron collar
an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
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death chamber, gas chamber
instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals
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guillotine
instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
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stake
instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
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gallous, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet
alternative terms for gallows
