Term: scorched-earth policy: the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: ginkgoales: coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales → 0
Candidate hypernym: gyneolatry: the worship of women → 0
Candidate hypernym: soccer: a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal → 0
Candidate hypernym: housebreaking: trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent → 0
Candidate hypernym: cubism: an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes → 0
Candidate hypernym: spill: the act of allowing a fluid to escape → 0
Candidate hypernym: call loan: a loan that is repayable on demand → 0
Candidate hypernym: backwater: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam → 0
Candidate hypernym: dictate: an authoritative rule → 0
Candidate hypernym: offertory: the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God → 0