gas chamber

A gas chamber is a method of execution where lethal gas is used to kill a person. Typically associated with the Holocaust, it involves trapping the condemned in an airtight room and releasing a poisonous gas, leading to death by asphyxiation or carbon monoxide poisoning. This method was designed to be a more "humane" means of execution, though it is considered inhumane due to its psychological impact and suffering caused. Gas chambers have also been used in other contexts, such as capital punishment in some places, though their use has significantly declined and is now widely regarded as unethical.