suppressor

IPA: sʌprˈɛsɝ

A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
Part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
(genetics) A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

Examples of "suppressor" in Sentences

It was fitted with a suppressor.
A silencer IS a sound suppressor.
It may be a metastasis suppressor.
FOXO3 is known as a tumour suppressor.
It is thought to be a metastasis suppressor.
And, secondly, the sound suppressor for a blaster.
Fluid lines interconnect the canisters and the shock suppressor.
Another type of transient suppressor is the gas tube suppressor.
The length of the dispersion suppressors is determined by the tunnel geometry.
Two common types of flash suppressors are the duckbill and birdcage suppressors.
The sound suppressor is so they can hear when the .50 cal machine gun is firing.
It sounds funny — after all, your Blackberry can recharge on the hotel bathroom floor — but a surge suppressor is convenient if you have the space for it in your luggage.
We found the paperwork for a Treasury Department stamp tax of two hundred dollars for a class III device, approved by ATF, called a suppressor, which you would call a silencer.
Can't Post | Private Reply estimado senior geezer extraordinaire -- es un nombre, myu apropriado para ti ... joke aside, a surge suppressor is a lot cheaper, especially if you bring it with you from the States.
Some T lymphocytes are called the helper cells because they promote immune responses and encourage the B lymphocytes to produce more antibody, and different T lymphocytes, known as suppressor cells, inhibit immune reponses and tell the B lymphocytes that it is time to cut back on production.