(transitive) To make (someone or something) silent. / (transitive) To repress the expression of something. / (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc. / (molecular biology) To block gene expression.

An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits / The muffler of an internal combustion engine. / Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires

made silent / (of a firearm) fitted with a silencer

simple past tense and past participle of silence

(genetics) Any technique or mechanism by which the expression of a gene is prevented.

(automotive) A device that reduces the noise in an intake system.

plural of deafening silence

To breach a norm against communication or against communicating a specific type of information.

(Zoroastrianism) A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary; a dakhma.

Peace and quiet have great value. / Often the best choice is to say nothing.