SILENCING
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Definition
verb
- To make (someone or something) silent.“Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?”
- To repress the expression of something.“Women, as well as children, have their thoughts or emotions routinely silenced.”
- To suppress criticism, etc.“Silence the critics.”
- To block gene expression.
- Murder
noun
- The act by which something is silenced.
- The prevention of the expression of a gene
Source: Wiktionary
