silencer
a person or thing that silences.
a device for deadening the report of a firearm.
Chiefly British. the muffler on an internal-combustion engine.
Origin of silencer
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How to use silencer in a sentence
He came up with not just a Glock but a Walther PPK as well, both with silencers.
The Loser Who Wanted to Be the ISIS Agent Next Door | Michael Daly | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBlackwater was alleged to have shipped assault weapons and silencers to Iraq hidden in dog food, according to ABC News.
They were aggressive, waving guns, automatic weaponry with silencers on, and they lashed out at a cameraman with rifle butts.
Russia's Special Ops Invasion of Ukraine Has Begun | Eli Lake, Anna Nemtsova | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSmokeless powder and Maxim silencers are no ways common out in these woods.
The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle | Wilmer M. ElyThere are numerous types of silencers, but all employ this principle in one form or another.
How it Works | Archibald Williams
There wasn't a sound of our firing, of course, on account of the silencers.
The Voodoo Gold Trail | Walter WaldenAnd we exhibited our .22 caliber rifles, fitted with silencers.
The Voodoo Gold Trail | Walter WaldenSo that passengers shall not be worried by the usual roar of the exhaust, special silencers will be fitted.
Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours | Arthur Whitten Brown
British Dictionary definitions for silencer
/ (ˈsaɪlənsə) /
any device designed to reduce noise, esp the tubular device containing baffle plates in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle: US and Canadian name: muffler
a tubular device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to deaden the report
a person or thing that silences
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