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Meaning of silenced in English:

silenced

Pronunciation /ˈsʌɪlənst/

adjective

  • 1Prevented or prohibited from speaking.

    ‘a generation of silenced voices’
    • ‘witnesses say they feel like an oppressed and silenced minority’

  • 2(of a gun or an exhaust system) fitted with a silencer.

    • ‘a silenced .22 rifle’