BURKING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

burking

verb

present participle of burke

as in suppressing

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

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suppressing

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Lampooning authority is even common in autocratic societies where governments spend large sums of money suppressing speech.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
This is economic capacity currently lost to suppressing yield across the labor market.

— Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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