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incommunicado
[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh ]
adjective
- (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
incommunicado
/ ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ /
adverb
- postpositive deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement
Word History and Origins
Origin of incommunicado1
Word History and Origins
Origin of incommunicado1
Example Sentences
While these broadly sensing cells were incommunicado, the brain also seemed to miss signals from other more specific taste cells, such as those for sensing bitterness.
Clare, Manu, and I were held incommunicado for 44 days, except for one phone call to our families.
The head of al Qaeda was hiding but he was not incommunicado.
If you want to be incommunicado for days on end, become an insurance agent, not a governor.
He left town without telling even his wife where he was going and was incommunicado for several days.
The officers and privates were supposed to be strictly "incommunicado," but even these found means of communication.
So I did translate and they wanted to know if Marina was held incommunicado, and she answered.
I get the impression that The Brain keeps incommunicado purposely.
If we could have, we'd have even Introverted the Maintainer, broken all the ties that bind us, chanced it incommunicado.
How terrible it is one cannot realize until he has known those whose dear ones are confined incommunicado within that prison.
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