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  • noun Plural form of silencer.

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Examples

  • So a number of these things (grenade-launchers, cannons, anti-tank guns, machine-guns, "silencers" - actually refered to as suppresors.

    ZUMBOMANIA, PART II: David E. 2007

  • The machine guns and "silencers" are grossly unfair, and like gang-hooks, nets and dynamite for trout and bass, their use in hunting must everywhere be prohibited by law.

    Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

  • A large arsenal of deadly weapons can be modified with attachments such as silencers, scopes and extended magazines.

    Gamezone: Game Reviews and More! 2010

  • A large arsenal of deadly weapons can be modified with attachments such as silencers, scopes and extended magazines.

    Gamezone: Game Reviews and More! 2010

  • All weapons can be additionally outfitted with attachments such as silencers, scopes, and extended magazines.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • A large arsenal of deadly weapons can be modified with attachments such as silencers, scopes and extended magazines.

    Gamezone: Game Reviews and More! 2010

  • Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad's chief military spokesman, and another security official said the methods and means used, such as silencers, and the accuracy and organization of the operation, point to al-Qaida.

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2010

  • Hedges apparently confused "silencers" with canisters of rubber projectiles -- a non-lethal alternative used by the IDF soldiers on the end of their M-16s.

    unknown title 2009

  • Hedges apparently confused "silencers" with canisters of rubber projectiles -- a non-lethal alternative used by the IDF soldiers on the end of their M-16s.

    unknown title 2009

  • Hedges apparently confused "silencers" with canisters of rubber projectiles -- a non-lethal alternative used by the IDF soldiers on the end of their M-16s.

    unknown title 2009

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