Bürke

v. strangle; suffocate someone to death, murder somebody quietly and without leaving wounds or traces (Archaic); get rid of; silence, suppress; evade, avoid, bypass

The name Burke (from Irish Gaelic de Burca, of Norman origin). In English the meaning of the name Burke is "fortified hill." See also Berkley.
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Noun
1. English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
(synonym) Edmund Burke
(hypernym) statesman, solon, national leader
2. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
(synonym) Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane
(hypernym) frontierswoman

Verb
1. murder without leaving a trace on the body
(hypernym) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
2. get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
(hypernym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

(v. t.)
To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
  

(v. t.)
To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
  

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