"Silence" is in the title, and she is put into that state because of how other people react. There's nothing wrong with using the verb form of the word. Doing so does not imply fear.
I don't understand why you made that post after, in another thread, saying jmduke shouldn't have interpreted "silenced" that way.
I don't understand why you made that post after, in another thread, saying jmduke shouldn't have interpreted "silenced" that way.