BURKE
\bˈɜːk], \bˈɜːk], \b_ˈɜː_k]\
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American frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
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English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
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get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
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get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
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United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
By Princeton University
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To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
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To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
By Oddity Software
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To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
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To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
By Noah Webster.
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