Term: atrocity: an act of atrocious cruelty
Candidate hypernym: cruelty: a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering → 1
Candidate hypernym: bahia grass: perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States → 0
Candidate hypernym: voyeur: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others → 0
Candidate hypernym: contractile organ: a bodily organ that contracts → 0
Candidate hypernym: myelogram: X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space → 0
Candidate hypernym: spirillum: any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form → 0
Candidate hypernym: reallotment: a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) → 0
Candidate hypernym: van: a truck with an enclosed cargo space → 0
Candidate hypernym: kinosternon: type genus of the Kinosternidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: nephrectomy: surgical removal of a kidney → 0
Candidate hypernym: active transport: transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy → 0