burke has definitions from the fields of criminal law,rhetoric,politics
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[ verb ] (criminal law) murder without leaving a trace on the body

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murder

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[ noun ] (rhetoric,politics) English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

Synonyms

edmund_burke

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statesman orator

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[ noun ] American frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

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frontierswoman

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 243
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[ verb ] get rid of, silence, or suppress

Synonyms

silence

Examples

"burke an issue"

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suppress

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