Term: laying waste: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Candidate hypernym: destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists → 1
Candidate hypernym: bushel: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks → 0
Candidate hypernym: gastric digestion: the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach → 0
Candidate hypernym: analytic geometry: the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system → 0
Candidate hypernym: acoustic delay line: a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves → 0
Candidate hypernym: prefecture: the office of prefect → 0
Candidate hypernym: service club: a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services → 0
Candidate hypernym: quotability: the quality of being worthy of being quoted → 0
Candidate hypernym: decampment: breaking camp → 0
Candidate hypernym: victory garden: a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages → 0
Candidate hypernym: sponge: a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used → 0