suppressor
/sə'presə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person or thing that suppresses: Someone or something that actively prevents, stops, or holds back an action, process, or expression.
- An electrical device: A component designed to eliminate or reduce unwanted electrical currents, such as noise or voltage spikes.
- A genetic agent: In genetics, a gene that counteracts the effect of another gene, particularly a mutant gene, preventing its phenotypic expression.
Usage and Examples
- Referring to a person or entity:
- The regime was a brutal suppressor of dissent.
- She acted as a suppressor of her own emotions to appear strong.
- Referring to an electrical device:
- Install a power line suppressor to protect your computer from surges.
- The radio's noise suppressor eliminated the static.
- Referring to genetics:
- The researcher identified a tumor suppressor gene.
- A suppressor mutation can restore a normal phenotype.
Advanced Usage
- "Suppressor cell": In immunology, a type of T-cell that downregulates the immune response.
- Suppressor T-cells help prevent autoimmune reactions.
- "Noise suppressor": A specific type of suppressor for acoustic or electronic noise.
- Guitarists often use a noise suppressor pedal in their signal chain.
Variants and Related Words
- Suppress (verb): To forcibly put an end to; to restrain or prevent the expression of.
- The government tried to suppress the news.
- Suppression (noun): The act of suppressing.
- The suppression of the rebellion was swift.
- Suppressive (adjective): Tending or serving to suppress.
- The treatment had a suppressive effect on the virus.
Synonyms
- Repressor: One that restrains or inhibits.
- Inhibitor: An agent that slows or prevents a process.
- Queller: One that puts an end to something, especially by force.
- Muffler (for sound/device): A device that deadens sound.
Related Phrases and Compounds
- Fire suppressor: A system or agent (like foam) used to extinguish fires.
- The data center is equipped with an automatic fire suppressor.
- Voltage suppressor: An electrical component that clamps transient voltage spikes.
- The voltage suppressor saved the circuit board during the power surge.
- Myth suppressor: (Informal/figurative) A person or fact that dispels a false belief.
- She became a myth suppressor, dedicated to debunking pseudoscience.
Noun
- an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
- a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
- someone who suppresses
- dictators are suppressors of free speech