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Noun burke has 2 senses
- Burke, Edmund Burke - English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
--1 is a kind of statesman, solon, national leader; orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier
- Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane - United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
--2 is a kind of frontierswoman
Verb burke has 2 senses
- burke - murder without leaving a trace on the body
--1 is one way to murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- burke - get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
--2 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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