strangle; suffocate someone to death, murder somebody quietly and without leaving wounds or traces (Archaic); get rid of; silence, suppress; evade, avoid, bypass
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Burking Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Burke
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Burke
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
