Silencer may refer to:
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Silencer (firearms)
A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a gun barrel#Muzzle, muzzle device that suppresses the muzzle blast, blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the sound inten ...
, or silencer, a muzzle device that suppresses acoustic intensity
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Muffler
A muffler (North American and Australian English) or silencer (British English) is a device for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine—especially a noise-deadening device forming part of the exhaust syst ...
, or silencer in British English, a device to reduce the noise of an engine's exhaust
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Sound trap, or silencer, a device to reduce mechanical equipment noise
Fictional characters
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Silencer (comics), the name of different characters in Marvel Comics
* Silencers, in the ''
Crusader: No Remorse'' game
* Silencer, a nickname given to a character played by Omi Vaidya in the 2009 Indian film ''
3 Idiots
''3 Idiots'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, co-written by Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Shar ...
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* Silencer,
a supporting ''Arrow'' character
* The Silencer, in ''
The New Age of DC Heroes''
Film and television
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''The Silencers'' (novel), a 1962 Matt Helm novel by Donald Hamilton
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''The Silencers'' (film), a 1966 Matt Helm film
* "Silencer", an episode of
''CSI: Miami'' (season 4)
* "Silencer", an episode of
''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (season 6)
* ''
The Silencer
''The Silencer'' is a 2000 action film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate sinc ...
'', a 2000 action film
Music
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Silencer (band)
Silencer was a Swedish black metal band. Based in Stockholm, the group formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2001 releasing only one full-length album and a demo. With lyrics revolving around death, misanthropy, insanity, neo-Nazi themes, and antisemi ...
, a Swedish black metal band
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''Silencer'' (Blake Morgan album), 2006
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''Silencer'' (Nels Cline Trio album), 1992
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''Silencer'' (Zed album), 2000
* "Silencer", a song by
Dub War
Dub War are a four-piece metal band from Newport, Wales. Formed in 1993, the band's musical style is a mix of metal, punk, and reggae.
Biography
Dub War formed in 1993 in Wales. The band released two albums, via the metal label Earache Recor ...
from the 1996 album ''Wrong Side of Beautiful''
* "Silencer", a song by The Haunted from the 2000 album ''
Made Me Do It
''Made Me Do It'' (also known as ''The Haunted Made Me Do It'') is the second studio album by Swedish heavy metal band The Haunted, released on 31 October 2000. It was re-released in 2001 with the live album '' Live Rounds in Tokyo'' as a bonu ...
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Other uses
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Silencer (genetics)
In genetics, a silencer is a DNA sequence capable of binding transcription regulation factors, called repressors. DNA contains genes and provides the template to produce messenger RNA (mRNA). That mRNA is then translated into proteins. When a ...
, a DNA sequence capable of binding transcription regulation factors
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''Silencer'' (Judge Dredd novel), by David Bishop, 1994
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''Silencer'' (poetry collection), by Marcus Wicker, 2017
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''Silencer'' (video game), 1998
See also
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The Silencers (disambiguation)
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