silencer
noun
si·lenc·er
ˈsī-lən(t)-sər 
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The operation led by the District of Massachusetts targeting machine gun conversion device vendors has led to the seizure of about 360 internet domains and more than 3,000 devices, 282 firearms, 124 silencers, more than 12,000 rounds ammunition and about 125 investigative referrals.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Officers found a loaded magazine in the backpack during that preliminary search, and a more thorough search back at the station revealed a pistol and silencer.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
It was buried inside a shipping container alongside a silencer, an Uzi submachine gun and tens of thousands of bullets of different calibers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
At the McDonald’s, Wasser and Fox had found one of two magazines with bullets in it, but the gun and silencer were retrieved at the police station.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Silencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silencer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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silencer
noun
si·lenc·er
ˈsī-lən-sər
: a device used on small arms to reduce the sound of firing
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