Term: wrongful death: a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
Candidate hypernym: death: the event of dying or departure from life → 1
Candidate hypernym: battlefield: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought → 0
Candidate hypernym: picket: a vehicle performing sentinel duty → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow giant hyssop: erect perennial with stout stems and yellow-green flowers; southern Canada and southeastern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: spark lever: (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetyl chloride: colorless liquid acyl chloride (CH3COCl) that has a pungent odor → 0
Candidate hypernym: spectacles: optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision → 0
Candidate hypernym: butter: a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head → 0
Candidate hypernym: creation science: an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis → 0
Candidate hypernym: surgical knife: a very sharp knife used in surgery → 0
Candidate hypernym: enigma canon: a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries) → 0