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Verb: burke  burk
  1. Get rid of, silence, or suppress
    "burke an issue"
     
  2. Murder without leaving a trace on the body
    "The serial killer burked his victims, leaving no evidence behind"
Noun: Burke  burk
  1. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
    - Edmund Burke

Sounds like: berk, Burk

Derived forms: burking, Burkes, burked, burkes

Type of: bump off [informal], conquer, croak [informal], despatch [Brit], dispatch, murder, national leader, off [N. Amer, informal], orator, polish off [informal], public speaker, rhetorician, slay [literary], speechifier, speechmaker, stamp down, statesperson, subdue, suppress

Encyclopedia: Burke, Peter