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 Translation for 'to silence sb' from English to Italian
zittire qn.to silence sb.
Partial Matches
silenziare qc.to silence sth.
filmF
Il silenzio [Ingmar Bergman]
The Silence
filmlett.F
Il silenzio degli innocenti
The Silence of the Lambs [novel: Thomas Harris; film: Jonathan Demme]
seccare qc.to annoy sb.
importunare qc.to annoy sb.
infastidire qc.to annoy sb.
assistere qn. [aiutare]to assist sb.
naturalizzare qn.to naturalize sb.
chim.mineral.
antimonio {m} <Sb>
antimony <Sb>
disturbare qc.to annoy sb.
educ.
istruire qn.
to educate sb.
attirare qn.to entice sb.
rimproverare qn.to scold sb.
irritare qn.to vex sb.
sfidare (qn.)to dare (sb.)
traviare qn.to deprave sb.
depravare qn.to deprave sb.
stuzzicare qn.to tease sb.
dir.
detenere qn. [trattenere]
to detain sb.
qn. ha scrittosb. wrote
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Usage Examples English
  • /StG 1 to silence the Oscarsborg fort, ensured even more attention was paid to pin-point bombing during the Phoney War period.
  • The Tories remained divided over this era and with an attempt to silence his critics, Major resigned as Party leader.
  • The IOC's response was internationally criticized as complicit in assisting the Chinese government to silence Peng's sexual assault allegations.
  • The rationale for this is the defendant's right to silence.
  • In addition to silencing essential bacterial genes, antisense RNA can be used to silence bacterial genes responsible for antibiotic resistance.

  • Of particular interest to 20th-century music theorists is the attention he paid to silence as an integral part of music.
  • Nevertheless, Berengar considered him his friend many years later and requested him to silence a certain Galfrid Martini or to arrange a disputation.
  • To forge a consensus, the leaders of ruling coalition parties can agree to silence their disagreements on an issue to unify the coalition against the opposition.
  • Critics of the concept view it as trivializing the meaning of antisemitism, and as exploiting antisemitism in order to silence debate and to deflect attention from legitimate criticism of the State of Israel, and, by associating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, misusing it to taint anyone opposed to Israeli actions and policies.
  • public discussion of Bletchley Park's work finally became possible, although even today some former staff still consider themselves bound to silence.

  • The establishment of a basic beat requires the perception of a regular sequence of distinct short-duration pulses and, as a subjective perception of loudness is relative to background noise levels, a pulse must decay to silence before the next occurs if it is to be really distinct.
  • The discovery of gene regulatory RNAs has led to attempts to develop drugs made of RNA, such as siRNA, to silence genes.
  • After several years of decline in press and media freedom, in 2014, the media environment in Azerbaijan deteriorated rapidly under a governmental campaign to silence any opposition and criticism, even while the country led the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (May–November 2014).
  • According to Michael McLeod, Greg Long, and Robert Pyle, years later, Patterson and Gimlin both agreed they should have tried to shoot the creature, both for financial gain and to silence naysayers.
  • A silent piano is an acoustic piano having an option to silence the strings by means of an interposing hammer bar. They are designed for private silent practice, to avoid disturbing others.

  • Bin Laden's criticism of the Saudi monarchy led them to try to silence him.
  • Also discussed is the way that corporations abuse copyright laws in order to silence anyone who might attempt to criticize their brand.
  • The only real check on the power of the networks is Edison Carter, a crusading investigative journalist who regularly exposes the unethical practices of his own employer, and the team of allies both inside and outside the system who assist him in getting his reports to air and protecting him from the forces that wish to silence or kill him.
  • Whether arising from their constitutions, common law, or statute, many nations recognize a defendant's right to silence.
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