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Members: 22, Frames: 3
 
Class Hierarchy
destroy-44
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Members Key
annihilate (fn 1; wn 1)
blitz (wn 1)
damage (fn 1; wn 1)
decimate (wn 2)
demolish (fn 1; wn 1)
desecrate (wn 1, 2)
destroy (fn 1; wn 1, 2)
devastate (fn 1; wn 1)
disfigure (wn 1)
efface (wn 3)
exterminate (fn 1; wn 1)
extirpate (wn 1)
maim (wn 1)
mutilate (wn 1, 2, 3)
obliterate (fn 1; wn 4)
ravage (wn 2)
raze (fn 1; wn 1)
ruin (wn 1)
shatter (fn 1; wn 1, 3)
undo
waste (wn 5, 9)
wreck (wn 1)
 
 

Roles Reference
  • Agent [+int_control]
  • Patient [+concrete]
  • Instrument [+concrete]

Frames Reference Key
Basic Transitive
   example "The Romans destroyed the city."
   syntax Agent V Patient
   semantics cause(Agent, E) destroyed(result(E), Patient)
NP-PP Instrument-PP
   example "The builders destroyed the warehouse with explosives."
   syntax Agent V Patient {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument) destroyed(result(E), Patient)
Instrument Subject Alternation
   example "The explosives destroyed the warehouse."
   syntax Instrument V Patient
   semantics cause(?Agent, E) use(during(E), ?Agent, Instrument) destroyed(result(E), Patient)

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