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radio silence

[rey-dee-oh sahy-luhns]

noun

  1. a state or period of time in which radios are not transmitting signals: The week’s stormy weather has caused local radio silence.

    The planes were required to maintain radio silence until their mission was accomplished.

    The week’s stormy weather has caused local radio silence.

  2. a period of time in which a person or organization is not communicating as usual.

    Sorry for the radio silence, but from now on my blog posts will be more regular.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • radio silent adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of radio silence1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

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Normally radio silence about attacks indicates that a victim organisation has paid the hackers to keep quiet.

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After being fired from the ‘Scream’ franchise, Melissa Barrera reclaims her scream queen status with ‘Abigail,’ the latest campy, gory romp from Radio Silence Productions.

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What is new is the vast scale and record speed with which it is occurring, the neutering of government watchdog agencies and oversight mechanisms, and radio silence from the controlling party in Congress.

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The campaigner also said her requests to meet Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell had been met with "radio silence".

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The soldiers I spoke with described a mix of anger, disappointment, pain or ‘radio silence’ from their former comrades.

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