Usually means: Absence of any audible sound.
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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word dead silence:

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  1. Dead Silence (album), Dead Silence, Dead silence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. dead silence, Dead Silence: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Dead Silence)

noun:  a 2007 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell.
noun:  the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent.
noun:  a 1997 Canadian-American crime thriller television film directed by Daniel Petrie Jr. and written by Donald E. Stewart, based on the 1995 novel A Maiden's Grave by Jeffery Deaver.
noun:  a 2007 American supernatural horror film.
noun:  a 2022 science fiction horror novel by American author Stacey Kade, writing under the pen name of S. A. Barnes.


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