What part of speech is silenced?

Silenced can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. silenced is a verb, past participle of silence (infinitive).
  • 2. silenced is a verb, past simple of silence (infinitive).
  • 3. silenced is an adjective.

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Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • silenced 
    more silenced
    most silenced
  • Positive: silenced 
  • Comparative: more silenced
  • Superlative: most silenced

What does silenced mean?

Definitions

Adjective
silenced - reduced to silence; "the silenced crowd waited expectantly"

Verb
silence - keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
silence - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
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Examples of silenced

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The silenced crowd waited expectantly.
2. verb At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.
3. verb At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
4. verb You'll be silenced.
5. verb We won't be silenced.
6. verb Sami wanted Layla silenced.
7. verb Sami will not be silenced.
8. verb Sami won't be silenced.
9. verb When the bullfighter left, the previous racket was silenced.
10. verb And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot. Yes we can. When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can. When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can. She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that we shall overcome. Yes we can. A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
11. verb I won't be silenced.
12. verb Tom is on national TV complaining about being silenced.
13. verb Tom is on the radio complaining about being silenced.
14. verb Tom is on YouTube complaining about being silenced.
15. verb I don't think you're actually silenced.
16. verb Palestinians will never be silenced.
17. noun He needed silence in order to sleep.
18. noun There was a shocked silence.
19. noun He gestured for silence.
20. noun His silence about my contribution was surprising.
Sentence  
adj.
The silenced crowd waited expectantly.
verb
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
You'll be silenced.
We won't be silenced.
Sami wanted Layla silenced.
Sami will not be silenced.
Sami won't be silenced.
When the bullfighter left, the previous racket was silenced.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot. Yes we can. When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can. When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can. She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that we shall overcome. Yes we can. A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
I won't be silenced.
Tom is on national TV complaining about being silenced.
Tom is on the radio complaining about being silenced.
Tom is on YouTube complaining about being silenced.
I don't think you're actually silenced.
Palestinians will never be silenced.
noun
He needed silence in order to sleep.
There was a shocked silence.
He gestured for silence.
His silence about my contribution was surprising.
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