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silencer

[ sahy-luhn-ser ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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 namemuffler
a tubular device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to deaden the report
a person or thing that silences

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First recorded in 1625–35; silence + -er ¹

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He told a classmate that he wanted to buy a silencer “so he would be able to shoot inside the school library,” the filing states.

Gaga's featured in it, looking glam and wielding her weapon of choice: a handgun with a silencer.

Ibrahim was opening the door when he was shot with a silencer-equipped weapon.

And it seems no one heard a sound, leading to the presumption that the killer—or killers—used a silencer.

Three of the four had driven from Sweden into Denmark armed with a machine gun with silencer and a pistol.

He has loaded his Maxim (no Silencer attached), taken careful aim, and—bang!

Dawson's eyes saw the revolver with the silencer fitted to the barrel.

An automatic equipped with a flash light and a silencer put a bullet into his leg while he was looking for you in the cellar.

Special precautions must be taken against that vilest of all inventions of diabolical ingenuity—the Maxim "silencer."

The mere possession of any kind of "silencer" should constitute a most serious criminal offence.

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