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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles requiring reliable medical sources, Execution equipment, Execution methods, Chairs, American inventions
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electric chair  chair  death chair  hot seat  Electrical chair
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An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person WordNet 3.0
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An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The electric chair is a specialized device employed for carrying out capital punishment through the process of electrocution. Wikipedia
Chair that a condemned prisoner is strapped in and electrocuted. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution. Wiktionary
Device used for performing execution by electrocution. Wiktionary (translation)
The electric chair. Wiktionary
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The murderer was sentenced to die in the chair WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
instrument of execution
execution
chair
appliance
HAS INSTANCE
Yellow Mama
Gruesome Gertie
Old Smokey
COMMISSIONED BY
Edison
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Harold P. Brown
Alfred P. Southwick
USE
execution
USED BY
executioner
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat
Wikipedia
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electric chair
Wikidata
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electric chair
Wiktionary
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electric chair, hot seat
Wikipedia Redirections
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Death chair, Electric Chair, Electrical chair, execution by electric chair, Execution by electricity, execution by electrocution, The Electric Chair

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