Another word for burke

To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

• choke

  1. To become strained with emotion
  2. (Informal) To be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.
  3. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

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  1. To become strained with emotion
  2. (Informal) To be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.
  3. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

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• gag

  1. To prevent or limit speech in (a legislative body)
  2. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
  3. (Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)

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  1. To prevent or limit speech in (a legislative body)
  2. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
  3. (Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)

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• hold back

  1. (Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
  2. (Idiomatic) to contain; stop

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  1. (Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
  2. (Idiomatic) to contain; stop

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• hold down

  1. (Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
  2. (Idiomatic) To restrain; to check.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
  2. (Idiomatic) To restrain; to check.

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• hush

  1. To be or become silent or still.
  2. To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent
  3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :

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  1. To be or become silent or still.
  2. To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent
  3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :

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• muffle

  1. To prevent the expression of; stifle
  2. To wrap or cover in order to deaden or prevent sound
  3. To repress; stifle.

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  1. To prevent the expression of; stifle
  2. To wrap or cover in order to deaden or prevent sound
  3. To repress; stifle.

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• quench

  1. To cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like
  2. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.
  3. To overcome; subdue; suppress

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  1. To cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like
  2. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.
  3. To overcome; subdue; suppress

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• repress

  1. To hold back or prevent by an act of volition:
  2. To put down or subdue by force:
  3. To control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of

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  1. To hold back or prevent by an act of volition:
  2. To put down or subdue by force:
  3. To control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of

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• smother

  1. To be concealed or suppressed.
  2. To conceal, suppress, or hide:
  3. To hide or suppress by or as by covering; stifle

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  1. To be concealed or suppressed.
  2. To conceal, suppress, or hide:
  3. To hide or suppress by or as by covering; stifle

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• squelch

  1. (Archaic) To crush by trampling.
  2. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
  3. To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect

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  1. (Archaic) To crush by trampling.
  2. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
  3. To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect

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• stifle

  1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
  2. To suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.
  3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.

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  1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
  2. To suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.
  3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.

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• strangle

  1. To kill by squeezing the throat as with the hands, a noose, etc., so as to shut off the breath; throttle; choke
  2. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
  3. To suppress, repress, or stifle:

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  1. To kill by squeezing the throat as with the hands, a noose, etc., so as to shut off the breath; throttle; choke
  2. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
  3. To suppress, repress, or stifle:

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• suppress

  1. To inhibit the expression of:
  2. To inhibit the expression of (a gene):
  3. To restrain the growth, activity, or release of:

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  1. To inhibit the expression of:
  2. To inhibit the expression of (a gene):
  3. To restrain the growth, activity, or release of:

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• throttle

  1. To lessen the speed of (an engine, vehicle, etc.) by this or similar means; slow (down)
  2. To choke; strangle
  3. To stop the utterance or action of; censor or suppress

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  1. To lessen the speed of (an engine, vehicle, etc.) by this or similar means; slow (down)
  2. To choke; strangle
  3. To stop the utterance or action of; censor or suppress

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To keep away from

• avoid

  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To prevent from happening:
  3. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of:

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  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To prevent from happening:
  3. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of:

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• bypass

  1. To ignore, fail to consult, etc.
  2. To go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid
  3. To avoid an obstacle by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.

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  1. To ignore, fail to consult, etc.
  2. To go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid
  3. To avoid an obstacle by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.

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• circumvent

  1. To surround or encircle with evils, enmity, etc.; entrap
  2. To get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity
  3. To avoid or evade

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  1. To surround or encircle with evils, enmity, etc.; entrap
  2. To get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity
  3. To avoid or evade

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• dodge

  1. To use tricks, deceits, or evasions; be shifty
  2. To avoid (a blow, etc.) by moving or shifting quickly aside
  3. To avoid meeting

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  1. To use tricks, deceits, or evasions; be shifty
  2. To avoid (a blow, etc.) by moving or shifting quickly aside
  3. To avoid meeting

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• duck

  1. To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something:
  2. (Slang) To move (in or out) quickly
  3. (Informal) To avoid or evade

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  1. To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something:
  2. (Slang) To move (in or out) quickly
  3. (Informal) To avoid or evade

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• elude

  1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill:
  2. To escape detection, notice, or understanding by
  3. To avoid or escape from by quickness, cunning, etc.; evade

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  1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill:
  2. To escape detection, notice, or understanding by
  3. To avoid or escape from by quickness, cunning, etc.; evade

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• escape

  1. To manage to keep away from; avoid
  2. To break loose from confinement; get free:
  3. To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome:

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  1. To manage to keep away from; avoid
  2. To break loose from confinement; get free:
  3. To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome:

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• eschew

  1. To refrain from (doing something).
  2. To keep away from (something harmful or disliked); shun; avoid; abstain from
  3. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:

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  1. To refrain from (doing something).
  2. To keep away from (something harmful or disliked); shun; avoid; abstain from
  3. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:

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• evade

  1. To avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of
  2. To avoid complying with or fulfilling:
  3. To avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude

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  1. To avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of
  2. To avoid complying with or fulfilling:
  3. To avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude

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• get around

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• shun

  1. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
  2. To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
  3. To avoid, especially persistently.

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  1. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
  2. To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
  3. To avoid, especially persistently.

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