All burke synonyms

verb burke

• omit — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
• circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
• sidestep — to step to one side.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• bypass — If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• quench — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• snuff out — the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
• stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
• put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
• circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
• outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
• finesse — extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
• detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• mute — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• shush — to order (someone or something) to be silent; hush.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• gag — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
• still — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
• quieten — to become quiet (often followed by down).
• skip — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.