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What is the adjective for silencing?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb silence which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

silent
  1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
  2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
  3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
  4. (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
  5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
  6. (technology) Without audio capability.
  7. Hidden, unseen.
  8. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
  9. Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
  10. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. uncommunicative, dumb, speechless, taciturn, wordless, mute, quiet, unspeaking, reticent, voiceless, mom, mum, closemouthed, laconic, muted, reserved, unforthcoming, untalkative, nonvocal, hushed, inarticulate, inhibited, restrained, shy, silentious, unheard, zipped, saying nothing, struck dumb, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, buttoned up, clammed up, closed up, close-mouthed, dummied up, not talkative, at a loss for words, bereft of speech, lost for words, not saying boo, unable to get a word out, withdrawn, secretive, close, introverted, retiring, distant, private, diffident … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “The audience is silent one moment and filled with laughter the next.”
      “I had no reply to Giorgio's claims about ancient aliens, only silent doubts.”
      “The room was completely silent other than the sound of dripping water from a corner of the room.”
silenced
  1. made silent
  2. (of a firearm) fitted with a silencer
  3. Synonyms:
      4. censored, gagged, muted, repressed, restrained, restricted, stilled, subdued, suppressed, held back, held down, muzzled, quieted … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The silenced prisoners could only communicate through subtle nods and eye contact.”
silenceable
  1. Capable of being silenced.
silentish
  1. (rare) Somewhat silent.
silentest
  1. superlative form of silent: most silent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dumbest, mutest, quietest, shiest, most uncommunicative, most taciturn, most wordless, most unspeaking, most reticent, most closemouthed, most laconic, most reserved, most unforthcoming, most untalkative, most hushed, most inarticulate, most inhibited, most restrained, most silentious, most tight-lipped, most tongue-tied, most lost for words, most implied, most tacit, most unexpressed, most understood, most unarticulated, most inexpressible, most assumed, most indescribable, stillest, stilliest, peacefullest, tranquilest, most noiseless, most soundless, calmest, placidest, most undisturbed, most pacific … more
silencing
  1. present participle of silence
  2. Synonyms:
      3. quietening, hushing, quieting, muting, shushing, stilling, muffling, squelching, gagging, muzzling, stifling, throttling, shutting up, toning down, tongue-tying, damping down, dummying up, clamming up, piping down, quieting down, holding your tongue, striking dumb, hushing one's mouth, making quiet, decreasing the volume, smothering, dampening, suppressing, reducing, deadening, softening, masking, quashing, subduing, repressing, quelling, squashing, crushing, extinguishing, checking, stopping, curbing, killing, inhibiting, arresting, halting … more
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