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dead air

n.
An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound.
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dead′ air′


n.
the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
[1940–45]
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Noun1.dead air - an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sounddead air - an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
pause, suspension, intermission, interruption, break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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He clutched the black's neck tightly, and drew a long breath; but the dead air seemed to shrivel his lungs, and he dropped his head and dozed till the house was reached.
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To the very death chamber of O-Mai the Cruel we came and yet we were ready to go farther; when suddenly there broke upon our horrified ears the moans and the shrieking that mark these haunted chambers and the hangings moved and rustled in the dead air. O-Tar, it was more than human nerves could endure.
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Daylight saw the Arangi under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
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Not a breath came from the dead air. Not a ripple stirred on the motionless water.
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So then we waited about the small fire, and the dead air in the room presently filled and pressed down upon us with the sensation(but words are useless here) as though some dumb and bound power were striving against gag and bond to deliver its soul of an articulate word.
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