silencer
noun
si·lenc·er
ˈsī-lən(t)-sər 
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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.
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Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
The defense’s claim came as Mangione’s suppression hearing, which examined whether a handgun, silencer, magazine and a red notebook should be allowed in his criminal trial, ended after three weeks of testimony.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The judge will now determine if evidence found inside Mangione's backpack -- a pistol, silencer and notebook -- and his statements to police will be admitted during the state trial.
—Mark Prussin, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Mangione's attorneys are arguing that evidence recovered on the day of his arrest — including a magazine, a gun, a silencer and a notebook of Mangione's writings — should not be admissible in his state trial.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
The defense’s claim came as Mangione’s suppression hearing, which examined whether a handgun, silencer, magazine and a red notebook should be allowed in his criminal trial, ended after three weeks of testimony.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The judge will now determine if evidence found inside Mangione's backpack -- a pistol, silencer and notebook -- and his statements to police will be admitted during the state trial.
—Mark Prussin, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Mangione's attorneys are arguing that evidence recovered on the day of his arrest — including a magazine, a gun, a silencer and a notebook of Mangione's writings — should not be admissible in his state trial.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Silencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silencer. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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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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