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- noun Plural form of
suppressor .
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Examples
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There are things called suppressors, which can be used to muffle the sound of a bullet firing.
Archive 2006-05-03 Joe Konrath 2006
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When Kurdistan became an autonomous region, they happily turned from the Arabic of their "suppressors" and busted out with Kurdish signs, Kurdish taught in schools, and Kurdish literature, songs and poetry that is celebrated.
Victoria Fine: Why Can't Kurdish Journalists Write Well? A Look at Modern Media in Iraq 2010
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When Kurdistan became an autonomous region, they happily turned from the Arabic of their "suppressors" and busted out with Kurdish signs, Kurdish taught in schools, and Kurdish literature, songs and poetry that is celebrated.
Victoria Fine: Why Can't Kurdish Journalists Write Well? A Look at Modern Media in Iraq 2010
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He also says the opposition movement will also not allow the "suppressors" to increase the crackdown on opposition members through the creation of an "emergency state" and by "welcoming military conflict."
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Ok, that's fine, as it turns out "suppressors" went on the market not too long after this period.
Ghost in the Machine 2010
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While that image makes the public madder and more supportive of the measure no doubt, I never got the impression that there were a whole bunch of silencers (suppressors, if you prefer) floating around in Pennsy.
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As the guy in this video points out, suppressors are legal, widely available even, in several European countries.
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I am also hoping to see acceptance of sound suppressors in the U.S. so we don't have to deafen ourselves or our dogs.
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This protein and the protein encoded by the SMAD4 gene act as tumor suppressors, which means that they help to keep cells from growing and dividing too quickly.
Juvenile Polyposis 2009
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While that image makes the public madder and more supportive of the measure no doubt, I never got the impression that there were a whole bunch of silencers (suppressors, if you prefer) floating around in Pennsy.
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