1. a device attached to a gun barrel to reduce the sound of firing
2. a device that reduces noise from a vehicle’s exhaust system
Usage: British English
3. a person or thing that silences or suppresses

Examples

• The detective found a gun with a silencer at the crime scene.
• He screwed the silencer onto his pistol before the mission.
• The car’s silencer needed replacement after years of use.
• Without a working silencer, the motorcycle was extremely loud.
• The dictator was known as a silencer of political opposition.
• She acted as a silencer, stopping the argument before it escalated.