castrate-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: make weak.

Examples:
The senate castrated the law.
What was morality but an attempt to castrate the danger we live with.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: castrate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Edit to change indelicate parts.

Examples:
They castrated that novel.
The storty was castrated so as to be child friendly.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: castrate.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Remove overies or testicles.

Examples:
He'd be gut sick, outraged, or determined to castrate and kill me.
A greek whore tried to castrate me for short changing her.
Farmers castrated the bull calf.
Farmers castrate male lambs to avoid injuries through fighting.
Tristan has to castrate a pig.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: castrate.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4