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the electric chair
noun[ S ]
uk /ɪˌlek.trɪk ˈtʃeər/ us /ɪˌlek.trɪk ˈtʃer/
a special chair used to kill a criminal with a current of electricity, that can be used in some US states （用以处决罪犯的）电椅
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Blizzard was in the power of that which all his mature life he had feared more than hanging or the electric chair, more even than prisons.
But if you can't prove that there was no premeditation, you're tagged for the electric chair.
The accusation, the trial, the conviction, the sentence to death in the electric chair—all a dream.
The evidence against him is sufficient to send him to the electric chair.
To-day they greeted its appearance with as much enthusiasm as they would the electric chair.
electric chair | American Dictionary
electric chair
noun[ C ]
a special chair used to kill a criminal with electricity
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