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absolute silence

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meanings of absoluteand silence


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absolute
adjective
uk /ˈæb.sə.luːt/ us /ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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silence
noun
uk /ˈsaɪ.ləns/ us /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
a period without any sound; ...
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Examples of absolute silence


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So on the first occasion that they were ever performed to an audience, the closing moments of the drama were presented in absolutesilence.
It is perfectly true that they maintain a strict and absolutesilence on the subject.
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Whether they experience a great deal of noise or absolutesilence, either would be preferable to their making a nuisance of themselves at home.
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This subsection means, in so many words, that when the verdict is "guilty"it is given but that when it is"not guilty" there is absolutesilence.
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There was absolutesilence on the growing crisis of funding police pensions.
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They get complete and absolutesilence and a refusal to address the issue.
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There is someone who has never known what absolutesilence is.
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I am almost certain that the response will be absolutesilence.
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I have listened for hours in absolutesilence and without interrupting anybody.
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I quite agree that it should be kept within the narrowest limits, but to insist on absolutesilence would be rather severe.
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However, there is absolutesilence about the unions, now threatened by the reform of labour legislation and, in certain cases, by outright police repression.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We did not hear a single word about the need to include social clauses and to respect them: there was absolutesilence on that topic.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
There was absolutesilence and unwillingness to give an expectant country any enlightenment as to what was happening.
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You must have absolutesilence if a speaker is to get any kind of hearing at all.
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Instead, we have absolutesilence from them—save for sedentary muttering.
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Would they have consented to absolutesilence upon the dear food cry, and have that put altogether on one side and devoted themselves to the hereditary principle.
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There has been absolutesilence.
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That question was greeted with absolutesilence.
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That is a powerful absolutesilence.
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