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Definition of Burke
1. Verb. Murder without leaving a trace on the body.
2. Noun. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797).
Exact synonyms: Edmund Burke
Generic synonyms: Orator, Public Speaker, Rhetorician, Speechifier, Speechmaker, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
Generic synonyms: Orator, Public Speaker, Rhetorician, Speechifier, Speechmaker, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
3. Verb. Get rid of, silence, or suppress. "Burke an issue"
4. Noun. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903).
Exact synonyms: Burk, Calamity Jane, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke
Generic synonyms: Frontierswoman
Generic synonyms: Frontierswoman
Definition of Burke
1. 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.
Definition of Burke
1. Proper noun. (surname topographical from=Middle English dot=) for someone who lived in a fortify fortified place. ¹
2. Proper noun. One of various places in the United States. ¹
3. Verb. 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. ¹
4. Verb. To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress. ¹
5. Noun. (British slang) Variant spelling of berk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burke
1. to murder by suffocation [v BURKED, BURKING, BURKES]
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