Synonyms for
burke
To murder by suffocation.
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All Definitions for Burke

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1To murder by suffocation.
2To smother
3To conceal, hush up, suppress.
4To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
5A number of places in the United States:
6A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
7A small city, the county seat of Gregory County, South Dakota.
8A town and village therein, in Franklin County, New York.
9A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named after Edmund Burke.
10A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin, named after Edmund Burke.
11A minor city in Angelina County, Texas.
12A ghost town in Shoshone County, Idaho.
13An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
14A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
15A local government area in north-west Queensland, Australia, named after Robert O'Hara Burke
16In full, the Shire of Burke.
17Alternative form of berk. [(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory, vulgar) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.]

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