SILENCERS

Noun

silencers

plural of silencer

Anagrams

• licensers

Source: Wiktionary


SILENCER

Si"lenc*er, n. One that silences; specif.: (a) The muffler of an internal-combustion engine. (b) Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires. (c) A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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