suppressor

Noun

suppressor (plural suppressors)

1. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
   1. A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
      • Silencers, also called suppressors, are tube-shaped devices that, when screwed into the muzzle of a gun, slow the decompression of gases that propel a bullet forward, thus reducing the “pop” sound of gunfire. […] “I don’t think in real life, in practical applications, that there is that great of a...2025 March 26, Hannah Rabinowitz, “DOJ considers abandoning the defense of federal restrictions on gun silencers”, in CNN
2. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
3. A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.