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- verb Present participle of
silence .
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Examples
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Bill should know that such an exercise in silencing is anathema to the critical educator.
A Review of Capitalists and Conquerors, and an exchange 2007
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A victory by the Muslim groups would be the first step in silencing all of us.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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April 9th, 2010 6: 27 pm ET all the criticism - she cares a lot. hahaha cuz it's been so helpful in silencing her up till now the reason she's not going away? many, but all of you are part of it vet in tx
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Recognition of the unified pathway of glycolysis represented major progress and was a turning point in silencing those who argued that unity at the molecular level could not exist.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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Regardless, I don't believe in silencing speech of any kind.
Was RapeLay 'Asking For It'? SVGL 2009
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They would have been interested in silencing any witnesses to technological theft, not destruction of a random civilian ship on the edge of inhabited space.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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The proponent of this practice, Bill Bruce, an animal mamager from Calgary Alberta, believes in silencing critics.
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Interfering RNA is known as silencing RNA because of its ability to shut off genes that are difficult to target using conventional approaches, such as antibodies or small molecule inhibitors.
Cutting Allergy Shots Ann Lukits 2011
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“They would have been interested in silencing any witnesses to technological theft, not destruction of a random civilian ship on the edge of inhabited space.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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They would have been interested in silencing any witnesses to technological theft, not destruction of a random civilian ship on the edge of inhabited space.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » JM’s Review Forum 2009
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For our purposes, silencing can be understood as having one’s voice, opinions, or perspectives suppressed or muted, either through direct external forces or indirect social dynamics.
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