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Burke

/b/[@]/rk/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

    noun.person

    Synonyms edmund burke

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

    noun.person

    Synonyms burk calamity jane martha jane burk martha jane burke

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. murder without leaving a trace on the body

    verb.social

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. get rid of, silence, or suppress

    verb.change

    Examples
    Burke an issue.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. 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.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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