How to Use suppressor in a Sentence

suppressor

noun

• In other words, a rifle still sounds like a gun even with a suppressor.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Oct. 2017
• Smith was playing the part of fire starter and fire suppressor, the guy who pulls the alarm and rides to the rescue.
  — Ray Glier, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• The rifle was equipped with a suppressor to muffle its report.
  — C. J. Chivers, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2016
• Kobach went back to being a freelance suppressor of the franchise.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 Mar. 2018
• Those using metal blades should keep a suppressor, like a shovel, nearby in the event of a spark.
  — Colleen Shalby, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• That means adding the suppressor to your rifle does not require re-zeroing it.
  — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020
• In some states, that means a buyer could walk out of a store with a suppressor on the same day, after an instant background check.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2017
• The standard way of dealing with this is to add baffles or suppressors on the end of the barrel to divert and slow down the gas.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2018
• The barrels are matte blue, fluted and threaded for a muzzle brake or suppressor.
  — Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2020
• This allows a red dot sight to be milled deeply and securely into the slide and co-witnessed with suppressor-height irons.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2020
• Block the suppressor, and the buds have a chance to develop into real teeth, bone, root, enamel and all.
  — Allison Palmer july 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
• But when our contribution to the cause comes to an end the pain loses its suppressor and for some that pain is unbearable.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 12 Aug. 2019
• Toregem’s antibody is essentially an attempt to switch off that suppressor and let the buds do what they were built to do.
  — Allison Palmer july 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
• It’s also threaded for a suppressor, which is a nice feature for hunting and target shooting.
  — Brodie Swisher, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2022
• Perhaps there are tumor suppressor genes that keep the cancer at bay in some lizards but not others, Urban adds.
  — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 24 June 2021
• Police also found a gun with a suppressor like the one used in Thompson’s killing, the officials said.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
• The booster is essentially part of the suppressor and threads right onto the muzzle.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 9 Jan. 2020
• Handgun, suppressor found near shootings Police believe one of those weapons was used in the murders.
  — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
• However, those officials said, there’s little doubt that the gun and the suppressor were both homemade.
  — NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
• One ad features a suppressor engraved with the words Black Collar Arms.
  — Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
• Among the firearms was an unregistered short-barrel rifle with a sound suppressor or silencer, the report said.
  — Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 29 Aug. 2017
• That provision would ease restrictions on the sale of gun silencers, or noise suppressors, which limit the sound from gunshots.
  — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 2 Oct. 2017
• Craddock used two handguns in the shooting, one of which was equipped with a suppressor, which witnesses said dampened the sound of the gunfire.
  — David Shortell, CNN, 5 June 2019
• To start, the pistol is optics ready from the factory, complete with co-witnessing suppressor-height iron sights.
  — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
• Ansul became a leader in the fire suppressor industry and their sprinkler systems can be found in ceilings across the world.
  — Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• One of the suppressors of discussion is fear that telling a son or daughter how much money is in the bank account will kill their motivation.
  — chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
• For example, flash suppressors have been outlawed on the belief they will be used to minimize the chance of spotting a shooter.
  — Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 16 July 2015
• This was the most remarkable collection of vote-suppressors since the last time that Ross Barnett dined alone.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Sep. 2017
• The integral suppressor, included in the $900 price tag, makes this a good value, too.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 22 Jan. 2020
• Even with a suppressor in place, an AR-15 rifle is roughly as loud as a jackhammer.
  — Alana Abramson, Time, 3 Oct. 2017