Associations to the word «Suppressor»

Wiktionary

SUPPRESSOR, noun. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
SUPPRESSOR, noun. Part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
SUPPRESSOR, noun. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
SUPPRESSOR, noun. A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

Dictionary definition

SUPPRESSOR, noun. Someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech".
SUPPRESSOR, noun. A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene).
SUPPRESSOR, noun. An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents.

Wise words

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