Defenition of the word burke

• Defenition of the word burke

  • murder without leaving a trace on the body
  • get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
  • United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
  • English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
  • British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
  • get rid of, silence, or suppress

Synonyms for the word burke

• • burk
  • calamity jane
  • edmund burke
  • martha jane burk
  • martha jane burke
  • silence

Hypernyms for the word burke

• • bump off
  • conquer
  • curb
  • dispatch
  • frontierswoman
  • hit
  • inhibit
  • murder
  • national leader
  • off
  • orator
  • polish off
  • public speaker
  • remove
  • rhetorician
  • slay
  • solon
  • speechifier
  • speechmaker
  • stamp down
  • statesman
  • subdue
  • suppress

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