emasculate
emasculate.01 - to weaken
EMASCULATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'emasculate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from emasculate.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
emasculate (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer, agent
ARG1-PPT: entity emasculated
ARG1-PPT: entity emasculated
transitive
As partisans of congressional power understandARGM-ADV
, a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construedARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
emasculaterel
the presidencyARG1
and swallow the principle of separation of powers .