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.