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be incommunicado
adjective
In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate.
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With the @home computers, the nodes are scattered across the planet, many communicating through low-speed dial-up modems, and can be incommunicado for days.
"Holding people in what appears to be incommunicado detention runs against the grain of the administration's commitment to greater transparency, accountability, and respect for the dignity of Afghans," said Jonathan Horowitz, a human rights researcher with the Open Society Institute.
Then there's the oppressive Security Offenses (Special Measures) Act, which allows for 28-day detention without trial, the first 48 hours of which can be incommunicado.
Then there's the oppressive Security Offences (Special Measures) Act, which allows for 28-day detention without trial, the first 48 hours of which can be incommunicado.
Grab your best set of headphones, advise your Bake Off-loving flatmates / nagging mum / long-suffering girlfriend / insufferable toddlers that you'll be incommunicado for the next few hours, and get your ears around some of the most otherworldly and brilliantly executed sound design since Vanquish.
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Now he is incommunicado.
He was incommunicado for a year.
Then Friday morning through Monday afternoon I am incommunicado.
The SIAC case is complicated by the fact that Begum is incommunicado.
Since confessing his activities and being placed under house arrest almost a year ago, Mr Khan has been incommunicado.
"He took off for parts unknown and is incommunicado," his spokesman said.
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