silenced
adj.adj. describing someone or something that has been made quiet or prevented from speaking. You use this when a person is forced to stop sharing their ideas or when a machine is made silent.
adj. characterised by the suppression of speech, sound, or expression. Often used to describe political dissent that has been repressed or mechanical noise that has been muffled.
The silenced alarm no longer woke the neighbors.
The government faced international criticism after several silenced journalists were forced to flee the country.
The novel explores the lives of silenced generations whose stories were systematically erased from the official historical record during the decades of military rule.
Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'remain' or 'be', or attributively before a noun.