gas chamber

noun2

1. •
   A sealed chamber in which people are executed with poison gas.
2. •
   (figurative) Any close, stinking room or place.

   • Leiter wound down a window. 'Whaddya want ter do?' asked the driver over his shoulder. 'Gimme pneumony?' 'Just that,' said Leiter, 'if it means saving us from this gas chamber.' — 1954