silencer

1. Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences.

   An attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.

   Schalldämpfer

   глуши́тельglušítelʹ

   глушни́кhlušnýk

   short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing

2. The muffler of an internal combustion engine.

3. Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.

4. Something that prevents or greatly reduces gene expression.

1. The man who shot Tom had a gun with a silencer on it.

   Чоловік, що стріляв у Тома, мав пістолет з глушником.

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2. Put a silencer on it.

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3. Bill made a DIY silencer for his rifle.

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4. Mennad used a crudely fashioned silencer to shoot Baya.

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5. Opening the desk drawer, which was almost empty, Pembroke removed an automatic pistol fitted with a silencer.

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