Silencer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that silences, especially a device attached to the muzzle of a firearm to muffle the sound of firing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits.
  • n. Something that silences another thing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The muffler of an internal-combustion engine.
  • n. Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.
  • n. A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which silences.
  • n. Same as muffler .
  • n. A device, invented by H. P. Maxim, for silencing, or greatly reducing, the noise produced by the discharge of a rifle or other firearm.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
  • n. short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acoustic device    tube    tubing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mute    sordino    sordine    silentiary    choker   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    suppressor    repressor    bipod    illuminator   
     
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