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Suppressor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
  2. 2
    an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents wordnet
  3. 3
    A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.; A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.

    "Silencers, also called suppressors, are tube-shaped devices that, when screwed into the muzzle of a gun, slow the decompression of gases that propel a bullet forward, thus reducing the “pop” sound of gunfire. […] “I don’t think in real life, in practical applications, that there is that great of a tactical advantage to use a suppressor, especially for something like a mass shooting,” Gutowski said."

  4. 4
    a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
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  1. 6
    someone who suppresses wordnet
  2. 7
    A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

Etymology

From suppress + -or.

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