Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burke

2 senses of burke

Sense 1
Burke, Edmund Burke -- (British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797))
       INSTANCE OF=> statesman, solon, national leader -- (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
       INSTANCE OF=> orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier -- (a person who delivers a speech or oration)

Sense 2
Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane -- (United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903))
       INSTANCE OF=> frontierswoman -- (a woman who lives on the frontier)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burke

2 senses of burke

Sense 1
burke -- (murder without leaving a trace on the body)
       => murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove -- (kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered")

Sense 2
burke -- (get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue")
       => suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")