radio silence
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[edit]radio silence (countable and uncountable, plural radio silences)
- (radio) A status maintained where all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands).
- (radio) The period of time during which this status exists.
- (figurative) A period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization, especially when such communication would normally be expected.
- After the abuse scandal, the company went into complete radio silence.
- 2016 March 29, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 815 - Where is she?:
- "No messages, actually. Total radio silence on her end all day."
Translations
[edit]period of time when all radio transmissions cease
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period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization
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