burke

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BURKE

to keep from being publicly known <the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings>

Synonyms burke, cover (up), hush (up)

Related Words black out, censor, gag, muzzle, silence; quash, repress, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stifle, strangle, throttle

Near Antonyms debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; blab, disclose, divulge, spill, tell, unveil; broadcast, circulate, publish, spread; describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

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