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suppresser

n. (alternative form of suppressor English)

WordNet
suppresser
  1. n. someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech" [syn: suppressor]

  2. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) [syn: suppressor, suppressor gene, suppresser gene]

  3. an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents [syn: suppressor]

Usage examples of "suppresser".

It can also project Sixth Force gates to any wall and render unconscious any number of men by means of a weapon called a cortical suppresser, among other powers.

It contained enough pain suppressers, coagulators, and stim boosters (most of them straight from the controlled substances list) to keep a dead man on his feet, not to mention an ultra-sophisticated endorphin generator and at least three drugs Okanami had never even heard of.

These also had attached sound suppressers that were only eight inches long and screwed onto the flash hider.

Both sides had their suppressers out, smothering the effect of a grenade’s tiny hyper generator.

Both sides had their suppressers out, smothering the effect of a grenade's tiny hyper generator.