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Silencer

noun
1.
Short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing.
2.
A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise.  Synonym: muffler.





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"Silencer" Quotes from Famous Books



... by the uproar that its own activities have brought about, will welcome the soft pedal that Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the gun silencer, is preparing to put on the hubbub in which every great urban community has ...
— Owen Clancy's Happy Trail - or, The Motor Wizard in California • Burt L. Standish


Words linked to "Silencer" :   exhaust, exhaust system, silence, tube, acoustic device, tubing


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