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1. Murder without leaving a trace on the body
    
2. Get rid of, silence, or suppress
   "burke an issue"

1. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
   - Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane
    
2. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
   - Edmund Burke

Sounds like: berk

Derived forms: burking, Burkes, burked, burkes

Type of: bump off, conquer, curb, dispatch, frontierswoman, hit, inhibit, murder, national leader, off, orator, polish off, public speaker, remove, rhetorician, slay, solon, speechifier, speechmaker, stamp down, statesman, subdue, suppress

Encyclopedia: Burke, Raymond Burke, New York Burke, South Dakota Burke, SD Burke, James Burke, Edmund Burke Burke, Idaho Burke, ID Burke, Virginia Burke, Vermont Burke, Wisconsin Burke, WI Burke, VT Burke, Texas Burke, TX Burke, VA Burke, Ulick