silencer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English silence Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English silencer From silence + -er.
Meanings
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Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. ▸ 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 Department of Justice is re-evaluating its litigation positions regarding silencers.”
2025 March 26, Hannah Rabinowitz, “DOJ considers abandoning the defense of federal restrictions on gun silencers”, in CNN:
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Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. ▸ 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.
1962 April, P. W. B. Semmens, “The Netherlands Railways today”, in Modern Railways, page 241:
- Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. ▸ Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.
- Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. ▸ Something that prevents or greatly reduces gene expression.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| silencers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
protosilencer · intake silencer
Synonyms
Translations (60)
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