"Dead silence" means complete and absolute silence, without any sound or noise present.
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- The best scenes occur when characters find themselves in dead silence, looking into the dark, aware there is something lurking and only noise can bring it out. (entertainmentvoice.com)
- No one wants to spend hours picking out an outfit and trying to impress someone only to meet dead silence for the next few hours. (dating.lovetoknow.com)
- These are only some of the brilliant minds who insisted on dead silence while they worked, or who complained about being unable to filter out background noise. (businessinsider.com)
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