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UK
/bˈɜːk/
]
[ US /ˈbɝk/ ]
[ US /ˈbɝk/ ]
VERB
- murder without leaving a trace on the body
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get rid of, silence, or suppress
burke an issue
How To Use burke In A Sentence
- Burke's execution was witnessed by the novelist Sir Walter Scott, who sympathized with the general opinion that both men's wives had served as accomplices, and that the anatomists had been accessories to the murders.
- It's safe to say that Burke Lake anglers have caught literally tons of bluegills, crappie, largemouth bass and other stocked gamefish since it opened.
- But to Mr. Robin there is no actually existing Burkeanism anywhere, making those who cite the ideal of a reasonable, pragmatic, nonreactionary conservatism guilty of the kind of utopianism the left is more commonly faulted for. NYT > Home Page
- Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.
- It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design. Edmund Burke
- Hunkin's page coincided with our acquisition of this book by the delightfully-named Shifty Burke, Memoirs of a safe-breaker, published by Arthur Baker Ltd in 1966.
- Solomon Burke's website says he was born on March 21, 1940 "in an upper room at the United Praying Band The House of God for All People" Church in West Philadelphia "to the sounds of horns and bass drums from the sanctuary. Soul Singer Solomon Burke Dies at 70
- There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke
- There is songwriter, lead vocalist, and flutist, Johnny Burkemeister, and his brother Arlo Burkemeister who plays a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck guitar. Albatross Antics
- There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke