# silencing

Pronunciation: say "SY-luhns-ing" US /ˈsaɪlənsɪŋ/, UK /ˈsaɪl(ə)nsɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of silence. — present participle and gerund of silence
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of silence. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _The government was silencing journalists who reported on the scandal._
   - _Silencing the engine, the mechanic listened for the faint rattle._

## Noun

2. The act by which a person or thing is made silent or stopped from being heard.
   - Simple: The act of making a person or thing stop speaking or making noise.
   - _The silencing of dissenting voices drew sharp international condemnation._
   - _Her abrupt silencing during the debate angered her supporters._
3. The prevention of a gene's expression, so that it does not produce its usual protein or product.
   - Simple: The act of switching off a gene so that it stays inactive.
   - _Silencing of the oncogene halted tumor growth in the experiment._
   - _Researchers used RNA interference to achieve silencing of the target gene._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/silencing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).