Synonyms for burke

Noun

1. Burke, Edmund Burke, statesman, solon, national leader, orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier

usage: English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

2. Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane, frontierswoman

usage: United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

Verb

1. burke, murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove

usage: murder without leaving a trace on the body

2. burke, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

usage: get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"