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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024burke (bûrk),USA pronunciation v.t., burked, burk•ing. - to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- to suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver.
- after west, western. Burke, hanged in 1829 in Edinburgh for murders of this kind
- Biographical Billie (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke), 1886–1970, U.S. actress.
- Biographical Edmund, 1729–97, Irish statesman, orator, and writer.
Kenneth Du•va (do̅o̅ vā′),USA pronunciation born 1897, U.S. literary critic. |