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Silencer
Meaning
Noun
●
In Firearms:
Something that silences
An
attachment
to a
gun
or an
exhaust pipe
that
reduces
the
sound
it emits
●
Something that silences
The
muffler
of an
internal combustion
engine.
Any of various
devices
to
silence
the
humming
noise
of
telegraph
wires
●
In Genetics:
Something that silences
Something that
prevents
gene
expression
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Origin
silencer
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
silence
English
silence
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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