silencing

Verb

silence (third-person singular simple present silences, present participle silencing, simple past and past participle silenced)

1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
   • Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?

   Synonyms:

   mute

2. (transitive) To repress the expression of something.
   • Women, as well as children, have their thoughts or emotions routinely silenced.
3. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
   • Silence the critics.
4. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
5. (euphemistic) To murder.
   • They, and others through the years, believed Ruby must have acted on his own since there was no logic to the supposition that anyone could trust an uncontrollable, unreliable loudmouth like Ruby to silence Oswald.2013, Mark Shaw, The Poison Patriarch: How the Betrayals of Joseph P. Kennedy Caused the Assassination of JFK, →ISBN, page 150

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