Burke Synonyms

bûrk
To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. choke
  2. gag
  3. hold back
  4. hold down
  5. hush
  6. muffle
  7. quench
  8. repress
  9. smother
  10. squelch
  11. stifle
  12. strangle
  13. suppress
  14. throttle
To keep away from
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. avoid
  2. bypass
  3. circumvent
  4. dodge
  5. duck
  6. elude
  7. escape
  8. eschew
  9. evade
  10. get around
  11. shun
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United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burk
  2. Martha Jane Burk
  3. Martha Jane Burke
  4. calamity jane
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. edmund burke

Burke Sentence Examples

  • With Cromwell as with Burke the question was "whether the spirit of the people of this nation is prepared to go along with it."

  • The bodies of Burke and Wills were recovered and brought to Melbourne for a solemn public funeral, and a noble monument has been erected to their honour.

  • At a later date he was charged by Burke with having taken up profitable contracts for supplying bullocks for the use of the Company's troops.

  • It was rather parliamentary oratory in which he excelled, and his true compeers are rather Burke and Fox than any French speakers.

  • Mackintosh was soon absorbed in the question of the time; and in April 1791, after long meditation, he published his Vindiciae Gallicae, a reply to Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution.

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