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dead air
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dead air
(noun)
dead air
noun
dead air
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEAD AIR
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noncount
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:
a period of silence especially during a radio broadcast
After the commercial, there were a few seconds of
dead air
before the show continued.
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