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burked

/bɜːkt/

Tradução: Adjetivo arcaico que significa suprimido, silenciado ou abafado, usado sobretudo no contexto de um escândalo ou investigação que foi deliberadamente encoberto.

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adjective

/bɜːkt/formalbritishobsoleto
  • ptAdjetivo arcaico que significa suprimido, silenciado ou abafado, usado sobretudo no contexto de um escândalo ou investigação que foi deliberadamente encoberto.

An obsolete adjective meaning suppressed, hushed up, or stifled, often used in the context of a scandal or inquiry being deliberately concealed.

  1. Suppressed quietly or indirectlyC2formalbritish

    To have been prevented from being known, discussed, or published, often in a secretive or indirect manner.

    ptAbafado

    • The controversial report was burked by the committee to avoid public scandal.
    • Evidence of the accident was burked by the company's legal team.
    • The historian claimed that the true story had been burked for decades.

    Sinônimosconcealedhushed-upsilencedsmotheredsquelchedstifledsuppressed

    Antônimosairedbroadcastdisclosedpublicizedpublished