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1. Reduced to silence
   "the silenced crowd waited expectantly"

1. Cause to be quiet or not talk
   "Please silence the children in the church!";
   - hush, quieten [Brit], still, shut up, hush up
    
2. Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
   "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"

See also: suppressed

Type of: conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress

Antonym: unsilenced

Encyclopedia: Silenced