silencer
noun
si·lenc·er
ˈsī-lən(t)-sər 
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Authorities found Mangione at a fast-food restaurant and recovered a handgun allegedly similar to the one used in the shooting, a silencer, and a three-page manifesto in his backpack.
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
According to Dusterhoft, Ross formed a plan that included internet searches for guns, silencers, sulfuric acid, battery acid, skin-melting acid and a search for news of a man killing his family on Christmas Day.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Davis was released, but charged on May 22 with possessing and furnishing an assault weapon, resisting police, possessing a silencer and having metal knuckles, all felonies, as well as a misdemeanor charge of manufacturing a firearm.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
Arrested in Pennsylvania five days after the fatal shooting, Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of murder, two counts of stalking and a firearms offense for allegedly using a silencer.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
According to Dusterhoft, Ross formed a plan that included internet searches for guns, silencers, sulfuric acid, battery acid, skin-melting acid and a search for news of a man killing his family on Christmas Day.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Davis was released, but charged on May 22 with possessing and furnishing an assault weapon, resisting police, possessing a silencer and having metal knuckles, all felonies, as well as a misdemeanor charge of manufacturing a firearm.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
Arrested in Pennsylvania five days after the fatal shooting, Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of murder, two counts of stalking and a firearms offense for allegedly using a silencer.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Silencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silencer. Accessed 10 Nov. 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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