radio silence

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.
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.

First recorded in 1920–25

Nor could Logan switch to "intercom only," since a sudden radio silence would create anxiety below.

If they observed radio silence, search ships would never find them.

It is quite possible that Vice-Admiral Macon will maintain radio silence, save for ship to plane, throughout the entire voyage.

And radio silence it had to be, even if the whole darn Nazi Luftwaffe was tearing out for a crack at the ferry bombers.

You could go down as though shot, and keep radio silence in case he buzzes you as to what has happened.

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