# Silencer

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'''Silencer''' may refer to:

* [Silencer (firearms)](/source/Silencer_(firearms)), or suppressor, a muzzle device that suppresses acoustic intensity
* [Muffler](/source/Muffler), or silencer in British English, a device to reduce the noise of an engine's exhaust
* [Sound trap](/source/Sound_trap), or silencer, a device to reduce mechanical equipment noise
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==Fictional characters==
* [Silencer (comics)](/source/Silencer_(comics)), the name of different characters in Marvel Comics
* Silencers, in the ''[Crusader: No Remorse](/source/Crusader%3A_No_Remorse)'' game
* Silencer, a nickname given to a character played by Omi Vaidya in the 2009 Indian film ''[3 Idiots](/source/3_Idiots)''
* Silencer, [a supporting ''Arrow'' character](/source/List_of_supporting_Arrow_characters)
* The Silencer, in ''[The New Age of DC Heroes](/source/The_New_Age_of_DC_Heroes)''

==Film and television==
* [''The Silencers'' (novel)](/source/The_Silencers_(novel)), a 1962 Matt Helm novel by Donald Hamilton
* [''The Silencers'' (film)](/source/The_Silencers_(film)), a 1966 Matt Helm film
* "Silencer", an episode of [''CSI: Miami'' (season 4)](/source/CSI%3A_Miami_(season_4))
* "Silencer", an episode of [''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (season 6)](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Criminal_Intent_(season_6))
* ''[The Silencer](/source/The_Silencer)'', a 2000 action film

==Music==
* [Silencer (band)](/source/Silencer_(band)), a Swedish black metal band
* [''Silencer'' (Blake Morgan album)](/source/Silencer_(Blake_Morgan_album)), 2006
* [''Silencer'' (Nels Cline Trio album)](/source/Silencer_(Nels_Cline_Trio_album)), 1992
* [''Silencer'' (Zed album)](/source/Silencer_(Zed_album)), 2000 
* "Silencer", a song by [Dub War](/source/Dub_War) from the 1996 album ''Wrong Side of Beautiful''
* "Silencer", a song by The Haunted from the 2000 album ''[Made Me Do It](/source/Made_Me_Do_It)''

==Other uses==
* [Silencer (genetics)](/source/Silencer_(genetics)), a DNA sequence capable of binding transcription regulation factors
* [''Silencer'' (Judge Dredd novel)](/source/Silencer_(Judge_Dredd_novel)), by David Bishop, 1994
* [''Silencer'' (poetry collection)](/source/Silencer_(poetry_collection)), by Marcus Wicker, 2017
* [''Silencer'' (video game)](/source/Silencer_(video_game)), 1998

==See also==
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* [The Silencers (disambiguation)](/source/The_Silencers_(disambiguation))

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