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suppressor

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noun
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As a noun, suppressor means a device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.

Meanings of suppressor

5 meanings

noun

  1. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.

  2. Part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.

  3. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.

  4. geneticsA gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

  5. An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents

    Similar: suppresser

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noun: someone who suppresses
suppresser
noun: a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of anoth…
suppressersuppressor genesuppresser gene
noun: an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
suppresser

Words that rhyme with suppressor

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professorsuccessorlesserdressermessercompressoraggressoroppressorassessorguesserlessorpossessorpresserstressortransgressor

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