Thesaurus / burke
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In lesser hands, Burke’s story could have been a dull history lesson.
A HIGH-FIVE FOR ‘SINGLED OUT’KATHI WOLFEMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEThankfully, Maraniss, who lives with his wife and children in Nashville, transforms Burke’s story from a historical footnote into a vibrantly lived life.
A HIGH-FIVE FOR ‘SINGLED OUT’KATHI WOLFEMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEMaraniss, whose first book “Strong Inside” received the Lillian Smith Book Award for civil rights and the RFK Book Awards’ Special Prize for social justice, makes Burke come alive.
A HIGH-FIVE FOR ‘SINGLED OUT’KATHI WOLFEMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEHuxley and Burke didn’t mislead themselves for want of a correct definition of life any more than my girlfriend and I realized our error because we had one.
THE SURPRISINGLY ELUSIVE DEFINITION OF ‘LIFE’JACOB BROGANMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTProductivity, Burke found, peaks at about 55 degrees average temperature and then drops as the climate warms.
THE BIG THAW: HOW RUSSIA COULD DOMINATE A WARMING WORLDBY ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SERGEY PONOMAREVDECEMBER 16, 2020PROPUBLICA"Dangerfield has a heap of friends through this part of the country," commented Burke.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSMatt's delight must have been reflected in his face, for Burke's interest in him manifestly deepened.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSYou see, the smugglers weren't expecting trouble, and Burke took them by surprise.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSIf Bascomb is one of Burke's men, he couldn't be coming back with two of the Dangerfield gang.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS"He'll stand trial, along with the six men captured by Burke," replied the sheriff.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSWORDS RELATED TO BURKE
- abolish
- annihilate
- beat down
- bottle
- bring to naught
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- censor
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- extinguish
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- put an end to
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- put lid on
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- repress
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- abolishes
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- beats down
- bottles
- brings to naught
- burkes
- censors
- checks
- clamps
- conceals
- conquers
- contains
- covers up
- cracks down on
- crushes
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- extinguishes
- holds back
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- interrupts
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- puts an end to
- puts down
- puts kibosh on
- puts lid on
- quashes
- quells
- quenches
- represses
- shushes
- silences
- sits on
- smothers
- snuffs out
- spikes
- squashes
- stamps out
- stifles
- stops
- subdues
- tramples
- withholds
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.