suppressor
noun C1- A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
- A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
- A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
- A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.
Plural suppressors
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