Definition of Silenced

1. Adjective. Reduced to silence. "The silenced crowd waited expectantly"

Similar to: Suppressed
Antonyms: Unsilenced

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

silazane
silazanes
silcrete
silcretes
sild
sildenafil
sildenafil citrate
silds
sile
siled
silen
silenc'd
silence is golden
silenceable
silenced (current term)
silencer
silencers
silences
silencing
silene
silenes
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silens
silent
silent alarm
silent alarms
silent allele
silent area
silent auction

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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