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suppressor

The English word “suppressor” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
  2. A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
  3. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
  4. A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

Etymology

From suppress + -or.

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