Definition of "silenced" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of silence. (verb)
• Made silent (adjective)
• Fitted with a silencer (adjective)

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• "Though his attacker was using a silenced weapon, the word silenced did not mean completely devoid of sound and Harvath had developed at least a vague idea of where he was."
• "But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about."
• "The name silenced Susan; she felt her breath come short."