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silencer

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si⋅lenc⋅er

[sahy-luhn-ser]
–noun
1. a person or thing that silences.
2. a device for deadening the report of a firearm.
3. Chiefly British. the muffler on an internal-combustion engine.

Origin:
1625–35; silence + -er 1
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si·lenc·er   (sī'lən-sər)   
n.  One that silences, especially a device attached to the muzzle of a firearm to muffle the sound of firing.
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