silencers
Barrel-mounted noise dampeners
Silencers are devices that reduce noise.
The term most often refers to attachments for firearms that muffle the sound of gunshots, properly called suppressors: The assassin screwed a silencer onto the pistol.
Silencers also appear in exhaust systems and other machinery.
Figuratively, a silencer is anything that suppresses speech or dissent: Money is a powerful silencer of criticism.
Device that inhibits output
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- muzzleAnimal's nose area
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- pistolCompact one-handed firearm
rifle · handgun · carbine · sniper · bullet · ammunition · recoil · flash hider
Covert information gatherer
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
undercover · operative · agent · intelligence · stealth · infiltration · surreptitious · disguised
Preventing noise transmission
- mufflerSound-dampening exhaust component
- dampenerThing that reduces force
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- absorptionProcess of taking in
foam · padding · deadening · decibel · attenuation · vibration · isolation · anechoic
Official content restriction
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- criticOne who judges merit
journalist · activist · protest · intimidation · threats · cover-up · repression · authoritarianism
suppressor
Device that inhibits output
pistol · rifle · handgun · carbine · sniper · bullet · ammunition · recoil · flash hider · ballistics
spy
Covert information gatherer
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
clandestine · undercover · operative · agent · intelligence · stealth · infiltration · surreptitious · disguised · undetected
soundproofing
Preventing noise transmission
- mufflerSound-dampening exhaust component
- dampenerThing that reduces force
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
absorption · foam · padding · deadening · decibel · attenuation · vibration · isolation · anechoic · buffer
censorship
Official content restriction
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
critic · journalist · activist · protest · intimidation · threats · cover-up · repression · authoritarianism
- movie mythshacking, enhance, chloroform, defibrillators, computer viruses
- spy gearspy gadgets, decoder rings, invisible ink, microfilm, bugs
- contrabandheroin, cocaine, narcotics, illegal drugs, illicit drugs
- noise controlnoise control, noise reduction, noise abatement, soundproofing, sound insulation
- DNA elementsgene, promoter, enhancer, exon, intron
- fluid powerhydraulic ram, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic fluid, hydraulic oil, cylinders
silencersamplifiers
Devices that increase signal
loudspeakers · megaphones · bullhorns · audio amplifiers · PA systems
silencersamplifiers
Devices that increase signal
megaphones · platforms · voices · advocates · whistleblowers
- dead silenceTotal absence of sound
- in silenceWithout audible expression
- moment of silenceBrief silent tribute
- awkward silenceUncomfortable lull in conversation
- break the silenceEnd a hush
- radio silenceAbsence of broadcast communication