silencer
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silencer
noun silencers
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An attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.
The Justice Department has defended the law for decades, arguing that it doesn’t ban silencers but simply governs how a buyer can acquire one. Still, late last week, prosecutors requested a 30-day pause in the criminal case against a firearms dealer found with an unregistered silencer because “the D
Similar: suppressor · Opposite: loudener
- The muffler of an internal combustion engine. Before the fitting of silencers to these locomotives was completed by the end of 1961, they were very noisy in operation, but the effect of the silencer has been remarkable.
- Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.
- Something that prevents or greatly reduces gene expression.
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noun something that silences another thing
| Español | silenciador |
|---|---|
| Português | silenciador |
| Italiano | marmitta, silenziatore |
noun attachment
| Español | silenciador, silencioso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소음기 so'eumgi, 머플러 meopeulleo |
| 日本語 | 消音器 shōonki, サイレンサー sairensā, マフラー mafurā |
| 中文 | 消聲器 /消声器 xiāoshēngqì, 消音器 xiāoyīnqì |
| Português | silenciador |
| Français | silencieux |
| Deutsch | Schalldämpfer |
| Italiano | silenziatore |
| Ελληνικά | σιγαστήρας sigastíras |
| Română | amortizor |
| Русский | глуши́тель glušítelʹ |
| العربية | كَاتِم kātim, كَاتِم الصَّوْت kātim aṣ-ṣawt |
| עברית | מַשׁתֵּק mashték |
Talk about this word "silencer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/silencer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. silencer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/silencer "silencer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/silencer.Cite this
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title = {silencer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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