equalizer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: e=qual=iz=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

equalizer, n. 

•  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.  [1913 Webster]
•  same as Equalizing bar.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  a device or circuit within a sound-reproducing system that reproduces the original frequency distribution of the sound before recording by compensating for inequialities in the frequency response of the system.  [PJC]
•  a gun.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

equalizer, n.
1 an equalizing score or goal etc. in a game.
2 sl. a weapon, esp. a gun.
3 Electr. a connection in a system which compensates for any undesirable frequency or phase response with the system.

THESAURUS

equalizer

KO, clincher, crusher, death stroke, deathblow, end-all, ender, final stroke, finisher, finishing stroke, kayo, kayo punch, knockout, knockout blow, last dab, quietus, settler, sockdolager, stopper