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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
silence
/ˈsaɪ.ləns/
noun1 of 2
no sound or noise
- “If you can silence the king, you are the king.”Tatoeba
- “There was never a moment of silence with that kid.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To repress the expression of something.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)