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burke

/ burke /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
Type of:
orator speechmaker rhetorician
verb Sense 2
get rid of, silence, or suppress
"burke an issue"
Type of:
suppress stamp down inhibit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
murder without leaving a trace on the body
Type of:
murder slay hit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 4
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
Type of:
frontierswoman
Semantic Complexity
95%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
10
Times Searched
3
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orator speechmaker rhetorician suppress stamp down inhibit murder slay hit frontierswoman