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Silencer

Meaning

Noun

In Firearms:
  • Something that silences
  • An
    to a
    or an
    that
    the
    it emits
  • Something that silences
  • The
    of an
    engine.
  • Any of various
    to
    the
    of
    wires
  • In Genetics:
  • Something that silences
  • Something that
    expression
  • Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    silencer
    English
    arrow
    -er
    English
    arrow
    -er
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    -eren
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    -or
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    -ra
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    silence
    English
    arrow
    silence
    Old French (842-ca. 1400)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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