incommunicado

adjective
UK: /ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ/
US: /ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdoʊ/

  1. Unable to communicate with other people.

    1. After the storm, the town was incommunicado.
    2. The suspect was held incommunicado for several days during questioning.

Synonyms

isolated unreachable
incommunicado noun

  1. The state of not being able to communicate with anyone.

    1. He was kept in incommunicado.
    2. The prisoner's incommunicado status worried his family.
incommunicado transitive-verb

  1. To isolate someone so they cannot communicate with others.

    1. They incommunicado the prisoner.
    2. The rebels incommunicado the capital city by destroying all communication lines.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "incommunicado" is /ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ/ in British English and /ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdoʊ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "incommunicado": isolated, unreachable.

Example usage of "incommunicado": "After the storm, the town was incommunicado.". More examples on the page.