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Definitions and Meaning of burke in English
burke (n)
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
burke (v)
murder without leaving a trace on the body
get rid of, silence, or suppress
burke (v. t.)
To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
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Burke
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797), U
silence,suppress,censor,cover (up),Shut up,Muzzle,quash,stifle,accelerator,Blackout
disclose,divulge,expose,reveal,show up,spill,tell,uncover,unmask,blab
burka => burqa, burk => burk, burion => burion, burinist => Engraver, burin => Burin,
