Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of silence.
  • adjective made silent
  • adjective of a firearm fitted with a silencer

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  • adjective reduced to silence

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Examples

  • Though his attacker was using a silenced weapon, the word silenced did not mean completely devoid of sound and Harvath had developed at least a vague idea of where he was.

    State of the Union Brad Thor 2004

  • Though his attacker was using a silenced weapon, the word silenced did not mean completely devoid of sound and Harvath had developed at least a vague idea of where he was.

    State of the Union Brad Thor 2004

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

  • But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about.

    Balkinization 2006

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