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gas chamber

sealed room into which gas is pumped in, causing death by poisoning or asphyxiation
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Summary

gas chamber is an execution method[1]. It draws 35,683 Wikipedia views per month (execution method category, ranking #14 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Commons category: Gas chambers[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:People executed by gas chamber[5], Q141571273[6]
  • Has effect: death[7]
  • Different from: gas chamber[8]
  • Uses: hydrogen cyanide[9]

Why It Matters

gas chamber has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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