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burke::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | burk, calamity jane, martha jane burk, martha jane burke |
burke::noun | Spocien Dictionary
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
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| Synonyms | edmund burke |
Examples of burke
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Burke illuminated the accomplishments of three of Mt. Lebanon's leading scorers.
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Burke, too, seems to be flummoxed on how to respond to NBC's ever-steeper slide.
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Burke has put together a team that has won six postseason series in three years.
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Burke said the trains will move at a much slower speed in the construction zone.
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Burke and the conservatives who followed him unequivocally reject these notions.
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Burke got off the shot because the Jayhawks didn't switch defenders on a screen.
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Burke is now an appellate court justice, but he did not take part in the opinion.
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Burke, who finished with three three-point baskets, led the Cards with 13 points.
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Burke and several club members say there is no stereotypical student in the club.
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- British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
- Murder without leaving a trace on the body
- Burk: United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
- Get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
- Burke is the protagonist of the Burke Series by Andrew Vachss. He is a career criminal, an orphan raised by the State who was abused throughout his childhood in state institutions and foster homes. Burke lives in New York City, always on the edges of society. ...
- Burke is an English variant of the Irish surname originating with de Burca from the Anglo-Normans and specifically the Hiberno-Normans. de Burca has remained the form of the name in the Irish language (Irish Gaelic). In Old French, the name means "fortified hill". ...
- (Burkes) Burke's Peerage publishes authoritative, in-depth historical guides to the titled families of the United Kingdom, such as Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, and many other countries. ...
- Variant spelling of berk; To murder by suffocation, or as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection; To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress
- V. To suffocate someone using a soft object that will leave little to no trace evidence (i.e. a pillow, your hands, etc). Taken from a historical crime file in which a man surnamed Burke, who ran an inn, found one of his patrons dead in thier room. ...
