Definition of "radio silence" []

• A status maintained where all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands) (noun)
• The period of time during which this status exists (noun)

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• "His ships maintained radio silence and although it took Sturdee twenty-six days to travel from Devonport to the Falklands, the information that he was coming never reached Spee."
• "Magic of merchant marine ship recall of Netherlands East Indies situation of NIITAKA message of oil transportation radio silence and raw scoop watch and seven categories of skills required by personnel storms and"
• "They flew at zero feet over the sea to frus - trate the Dutch-coast Nazi radar screens and main - tained radio silence to retain the element of sur - prise."