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Members Key
annihilate
assassinate (fn 1; wn 1; g 1)
bushwhack (wn 1; g 1)
butcher (fn 1; wn 1)
dispatch (fn 1; wn 3; g 3)
eliminate (fn 1, 2; wn 3; g 1)
euthanize
execute (fn 1; wn 1, 2; g 1)
exterminate
immolate (wn 1)
liquidate (fn 1; wn 1; g 4)
lynch
massacre (fn 1; wn 1)
murder (fn 1; wn 1; g 1)
off
slaughter (fn 1; wn 1, 2; g 1, 2)
slay (fn 1; wn 1)
 
 
 

Roles Reference
  • Agent [+animate]
  • Patient [+animate]
  • Instrument

Frames Reference Key
NP V NP
   example "Brutus murdered Julius Cesar."
   syntax Agent V Patient
   semantics cause(Agent, E) alive(start(E), Patient) not(alive(result(E), Patient))
NP V NP PP.instrument
   example "Caesar killed Brutus with a knife."
   syntax Agent V Patient {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) alive(start(E), Patient) not(alive(result(E), Patient)) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)

 
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Members Key
kill (fn 1; wn 1, 10, 4, 9; g 1)

Roles Reference
  • Instrument [+concrete]

Frames Reference Key
NP.instrument V NP
   example "The DDT killed the insects."
   syntax Instrument V Patient
   semantics alive(start(E), Patient) not(alive(result(E), Patient)) cause(?Agent, E) use(during(E), ?Agent, Instrument)

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