Will we be silenced permanently?

Using genetic engineering the microRNA can be expressed long term, permanently silencing the target genes.

Terry Franklin had been very neatly and permanently silenced.

She had called me, and although she had used her car phone, someone had known that she needed to be silenced permanently and quickly.

So his independent voice has been silenced permanently.

However, since Walter could identify Northcott, Sarah told her son that Walter knew too much and needed to be silenced permanently.

The ship was oddly quiet, the all-pervasive electronic hum that normally permeated every compartment silenced permanently.

These silencings lasted for five minutes, though persistent trolls were silenced for a longer period-sometimes permanently.

Noders who consistently cause trouble (usually by trolling) can be silenced permanently and can be forbidden from noding altogether, though this is rarely done.

The cord has to be a bit weaker than usual so it can't be used as a garrote, for permanently silencing a guard or cellmate.