Examples:
The government has leveled criticism at the project management.
He said he only leveled charges at those students whose papers had similarities to another student's.
She turned from the fallen priest and leveled her gun at the vampire.
She also carried childhood memories of the racial prejudice that was leveled at her family.
It's rare when a game is played without some anger leveled at the officials.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: level.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4
Commentary: Includes: LEVEL OFF
NOTE: includes physical and quantifiable uses
Examples:
Looks like you leveled the waters edge rather than the horizon and it looks weird.
We would walk up the road to where the land leveled off.
The F-16 lead pilot deployed her speed brakes and leveled off.
Asthma rates for children may have leveled off.
The price of gas has finally leveled off after going up for several months.
Although he'd shown steady progress throughout the program, his scores leveled off between 68% and 72%.
Alex could focus, his cycles mellowed drastically, his anger leveled off.
She started off sounding a bit winded, but once she took the stage, her voice leveled off.
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: level.01,level.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
level_off 1
Examples:
Continuous explosions leveled the towers.
The tornado just flat-out leveled the town.
A Montpelier girl leveled her opponent in a hard face-to-face tackle.
Mappings:
VerbNet: destroy-44
FrameNet: Destroying
PropBank: level.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Examples:
Would they be horribly offended if you just leveled with them?
The best thing the candidate can do is just level with me.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: Includes: LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD (give all participants an equal chance)
Examples:
Innovative individuals at the helms of startups have leveled the playing field in the global economy.
Internet radio has leveled the playing field for a lot of smaller artists.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM