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Showing words for SILENCING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Silencing

licensing, silencing

8 Letter Words for Silencing

ceilings, cielings, enisling, ensiling, inclines, niceling

7 Letter Words for Silencing

ceiling, censing, cieling, ginnels, incline, ingines, lensing, lignins, linings, linnies, scening, seiling, seining, silenic, slicing

6 Letter Words for Silencing

ceilis, cingle, cising, clines, clings, ensign, ginnel, ginnle, glinse, icings, ilices, incise, incles, ingine, ingles, inisle, inline, isicle, isling, lienic, lignes, lignin, linens, lining, linins, ningle, seling, sileni, siling, single, sining, slinge

5 Letter Words for Silencing

ceili, ceils, ciels, cinel, cines, clegs, clies, cline, cling, elsin, engin, genic, genii, genin, giles, gilse, gisel, gleis, glenn, glens, iceni, icing, ignis, incle, ingle, legin, legis, lengs, lenin, lenis, liens, ligne, linen, lines, linge, lings, linie, linin, linns, nelis, nines, nisei, segni, sengi, sicle, sigil, silen, since, singe, slice, sline, sling

4 Letter Words for Silencing

ceil, cels, cens, ciel, cigs, cine, cleg, clin, encl, engl, engs, geic, gein, gels, genl, gens, gien, gies, gile, gils, ginn, gins, gise, glei, glen, glis, ices, incl, inne, inns, isle, legs, leis, leng, lens, lice, lien, lies, lige, ligs, liin, line, ling, linn, lins, negs, nein, nice, nies, nile, nils, nine, nisi, nsec, scil, seil, sice, sien, sign, sile, sine, sing, snig

3 Letter Words for Silencing

cel, cen, cgs, cie, cig, cis, cli, cns, csi, ecg, eli, els, enc, eng, enl, ens, esc, gel, gen, gie, gin, gis, gns, ice, ign, ile, inc, ing, inn, ins, ise, isl, isn, leg, lei, les, lie, lig, lin, lis, lsc, neg, nei, nie, nig, nil, nis, nne, sci, sec, seg, sei, sel, sen, sic, sie, sig, sil, sin, sle

Definitions for Silencing

[1] absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
[2] the state or fact of being silent; muteness.
[3] absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.
[4] the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.
[5] concealment; secrecy.
[6] to put or bring to silence; still.
[7] to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet.
[8] Military . to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire.
[9] be silent! “Silence!” the teacher shouted.
[10] the state or quality of being silent
[11] the absence of sound or noise; stillness
[12] refusal or failure to speak, communicate, etc, when expected his silence on the subject of their promotion was alarming
[13] a period of time without noise
[14] oblivion or obscurity
[15] to bring to silence
[16] to put a stop to; extinguish to silence all complaint

Words related to Silencing

silencemuzzle, subdue, mute, muffle, gag, quell, quash, suppress, squelch, stifle, clam, dampen, soft-pedal, quiet, shush, hush, lull, deaden, extinguish, still

Words nearby Silencing

silencesilastic, silbury hill, sild, sildenafil citrate, sile, silence, silence is golden, silenced, silencer, silene, silenos

Origin of Silencing

e1175–1225; Middle English (noun) < Old French < Latin silentium. See silent, -ence

Other words from Silencing

o·ver·si·lence , noun
un·si·lenced , adjective

Word origin for Silencing

eC13: via Old French from Latin silēntium, from silēre to be quiet. See silent

Synonyms for Silencing

cut off, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quash, quell, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress, clam, dampen, deaden, dull, extinguish, hush, lull, overawe, quiet, quieten, shush, soft-pedal, still, tongue-tie, choke off, clam up, close up, cool it, cut short, decrease the volume, dry up, dumb, dummy up, hold one's tongue, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, pipe down, quiet down, say nothing, shut up, sit on, strike dumb