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See definition of dead air on Dictionary.com
  • as innoiselessness
  • as inquiet
  • as inquietness
  • as insilence
  • as insoundlessness
  • as inspeechlessness

synonyms for dead air

  • blackout
  • calm
  • censorship
  • death
  • dumbness
  • hush
  • laconism
  • lull
  • muteness
  • peace
  • quiescence
  • quiet
  • quietness
  • quietude
  • reserve
  • reticence
  • secrecy
  • sleep
  • soundlessness
  • speechlessness
  • still
  • stillness
  • sulk
  • sullenness
  • taciturnity
  • uncommunicativeness
  • hush-hush
  • inarticulateness
  • iron curtain
  • saturninity
  • calm
  • peace
  • relaxation
  • serenity
  • stillness
  • tranquillity
  • cessation
  • ease
  • hush
  • lull
  • noiselessness
  • quietness
  • quietude
  • repose
  • rest
  • soundlessness
  • speechlessness
  • still
  • stop
  • termination

antonyms for dead air

MOST RELEVANT
  • agitation
  • clamor
  • disturbance
  • noise
  • agitation
  • beginning
  • continuation
  • disturbance
  • energy
  • start
  • clamor
  • clangor
  • loudness
  • noise
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How to use dead air in a sentence

A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
Bells were pealing and tolling in all directions, and the air was filled with the sound of distant shouts and cries.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUS
He stood, with the air of a hero, both arms extended towards the amazed pair of lovers.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
Their method of curing the leaves was to air-dry them and then packing them until wanted for use.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
When he plays a sonata it is as if the composition rose from the dead and stood transfigured before you.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
The case should at such times be opened for a few hours each day to admit the drying air.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTIN
It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
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