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Definition of Silenced
1. Adjective. Reduced to silence. "The silenced crowd waited expectantly"
Definition of Silenced
1. Verb. (past of silence) ¹
2. Adjective. made silent ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of a firearm) fitted with a silencer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silenced
1. silence [v] - See also: silence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silenced
Literary usage of Silenced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Testament Illustrations: Comprising Choice Selections, Anecdotes by William Basil Jones (1875)
"The infidel was silenced. A little girl was intently ... It is needless to add
that the infidel was silenced, and soon left the child to peruse her precious ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"Of the 27 guns there planted, 22 were speedily silenced; and the gunners found them-
... tL silenced! But with that extermination of the top batteries, ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"By the end of a fortnight the island battery was silenced, and on the 26th Wolfe
rejoined the main force in front of Louisbourg. He took the leading part in ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... was silenced by the clamours of a factious or venal majo- condem- rity j
an(l *пе councils of Aries and Milan were not dis- ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"They silenced the fire of the fort twice, and twice shot away their flag-staff,
when the Hermes grounded, and was obliged to be abandoned and destroyed. ..."
6. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"He is impeached by the commons—§ IX. His trial—§ X. Debates upon it in the house
of lords—§ XI. He is silenced for three years ~§ XII. ..."
7. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"JUKI us at last silenced. knowledge. Thus he urges Lord Camden, whom he accuse:-
of remissness,to prosecute and to punish the delinquent Judge: " When the ..."
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