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| NOUN | 1 | Burke, Edmund Burke | English statesman famous for his oratory |
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| 2 | Burke, Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane | United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) | |
| VERB | 1 | burke | Murder without leaving a trace on the body |
| 2 | burke | Get rid of, silence, or suppress |
| Sounds | ber'k |
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| Rhymes | artwork, Ataturk, beadwork, and 50 more rhymes in erk... |
| Meaning | English statesman famous for his oratory. Pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797). |
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| Synonyms | Edmund Burke |
| Instance of | orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier; statesman, solon, national leader |
| Meaning | United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903). |
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| Synonyms | Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane |
| Instance of | frontierswoman |
| Meaning | Murder without leaving a trace on the body. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove |
| Meaning | Get rid of, silence, or suppress. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "burke an issue" |
| Broader | suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb |
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