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silencer

noun as in soft pedal

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James hit back-to-back threes in the fourth quarter — punctuating the second with his signature “silencer” celebration — as he stomped his feet in glee.

Gonzales was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine and a silencer, among other charges.

A former Silicon Valley venture capitalist with Peter Thiel’s backing who ran for Senate in Arizona, Masters chilled audiences with his extreme political stances on issues like abortion and with front-facing videos and TV ads where he did creepy things, like whispering while firing a pistol with a silencer.

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They were arrested on suspicion of possession of a steroid, an assault weapon, a silencer and narcotics as well as manufacturing and selling metal knuckles and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the news release.

The better visual, though, may be that of the failed Senate candidate, 2024 House candidate, and Peter Thiel acolyte Blake Masters, whose 2022 campaign ad prompted comparisons to a school shooter: The chilling vision of Masters creepily grinning as he proudly fires his Walther PPK—with a silencer—alone in the middle of the desert, whispering about how “quiet it is,” how it’s “made in Germany,” and how it’s “just a little bit warm,” is a haunting reminder that the Desert Weirdos may seem fun, but they are way scarier than that.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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