suppressors
Things that muffle
Suppressors are devices or agents that reduce, restrain, or eliminate something.
A firearm suppressor, often called a silencer, attaches to a gun barrel to muffle the sound of firing.
In genetics, a suppressor is a gene or mutation that counteracts the effect of another mutation.
Immune suppressors are drugs that dampen the body's immune response, used after organ transplants or for autoimmune conditions.
More broadly, anything that holds back or subdues can be called a suppressor: appetite suppressors, cough suppressors.
Sudden powerful increase
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- spikeSharp rise or point
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
protection · EMI · interference · filter · capacitor · diode · lightning · power
Sound-dampening gun attachment
- muzzleAnimal's nose area
- threadedPassed through an opening
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- subsonicBelow sound's speed
ammunition · caliber · rifle · pistol · gunsmith · ballistics · recoil · accuracy
To restrain or hinder
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
- curbRaised road margin
- quellForcibly end unrest
- subdueBring under control
dampen · contain · repress · stifle · regulate · moderate · check · limit
Sound-dampening exhaust component
- attenuatorSignal-reducing device
- dampenerThing that reduces force
- silencerSound-dampening gun attachment
- soundproofingPreventing noise transmission
acoustic · vibration · absorption · exhaust · resonator · filter · insulation · decibel
Hereditary information unit
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- oncogeneTumor-inducing genetic element
- proteinFolded amino chain
inhibitor · regulation · expression · genetic · cellular · cancer · transcription · chromosome
surge
Sudden powerful increase
circuit · protection · EMI · interference · filter · capacitor · diode · lightning · power · waveform
silencer
Sound-dampening gun attachment
subsonic · ammunition · caliber · rifle · pistol · gunsmith · ballistics · recoil · accuracy · shooting
inhibit
To restrain or hinder
subdue · dampen · contain · repress · stifle · regulate · moderate · check · limit · counteract
muffler
Sound-dampening exhaust component
- attenuatorSignal-reducing device
- dampenerThing that reduces force
- silencerSound-dampening gun attachment
soundproofing · acoustic · vibration · absorption · exhaust · resonator · filter · insulation · decibel · quieting
gene
Hereditary information unit
protein · inhibitor · regulation · expression · genetic · cellular · cancer · transcription · chromosome · dominant
- oppressorstyrants, despots, dictators, autocrats, authoritarians
- truth avoidersdeniers, avoiders, deflectors, obfuscators, gaslighters
- gun accessoriesscope, scopes, holster, foregrips, sling
- gun partsbarrel, barrels, trigger, triggers, bolt
- firearmsrifle, pistol, handgun, shotgun, revolver
- armsguns, rifles, pistols, swords, firearms
suppressorsamplifiers
Devices that increase signal
enhancers · activators · promoters · boosters · intensifiers
suppressorsamplifiers
Devices that increase signal
broadcasters · disseminators · promoters · megaphones · publicizers
suppressorspromoters
Those who advance causes
amplifiers · disseminators · broadcasters · enablers · facilitators
- surge suppressorDevice blocking voltage spikes
- flash suppressorDevice reducing muzzle brightness
- tumor suppressorGene preventing uncontrolled growth