radio silent
- a word derived from radio silence.
Example Sentences
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The radio-silent ship was en route from Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok Atoll, as a waypoint before its ultimate destination of bombarding Iwo Jima.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2023
Maybe that’s why it’s better that he’s essentially gone radio-silent, and there are images of him, and a notion of him that’s out there, that elevates him to hero status in some quarters.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2019
Other documents show that in the run-up to Able Archer 83, the United States deployed 16,000 additional troops to Europe on radio-silent flights.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2017
We begin at a New York City airport, where an overseas flight from Berlin has landed, radio-silent, with its passengers apparently overcome by a deadly illness.
From Time • Jul. 11, 2014
