Burke
Burke verb - To keep from being publicly known.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both words in one sentence
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When his greedy financial partner, Matthew Burke (played by Roy Roberts), suggests that they burn the wax museum down in order to get the insurance money, Jarrod tries to stop him, only to be beaten unconscious and left for dead in the burning museum.
Source: Film / House of Wax (1953)
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