silencing

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silencing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of silence

noun silencings

The act by which something is silenced. But these harmonies can be distinguished from silencings in which the content of certain interpretations requires or advocates obliterating the voice of another.
The prevention of the expression of a gene

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Closest in meaning: quiet, still, quieten, hush, hush up, muteness, secrecy, secretiveness, shut up, burke, shushing, inactivation, stifling, gagging, silencer, muffler

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@misc{silencing_2026,
  title = {silencing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/silencing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}