Predicate: blunt

blunt: Frames file for 'blunt' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: blunt.01 , to make less effective, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of bluntness, agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: entity becoming blunt (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Dr. Toseland , a toxicologist , said [0] he was preparing an article for a British forensic medical journal [*-2] raising the possibility that the deaths may have occurred after human insulin blunted critical warning signs indicating hypoglycemia , or low blood sugar , which [*T*-1] can kill diabetics .

        Arg0: human insulin
        Rel: blunted
        Arg1: critical warning signs indicating hypoglycemia , or low blood sugar , which [*T*-1] can kill diabetics