Term: impalement: the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
Candidate hypernym: cruelty: a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering → 1
Candidate hypernym: file server: (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources → 0
Candidate hypernym: meat grinder: any action resulting in injury or destruction → 0
Candidate hypernym: liberation: the act of liberating someone or something → 0
Candidate hypernym: crinoline: a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric → 0
Candidate hypernym: sternpost: (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel → 0
Candidate hypernym: youth: early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced → 0
Candidate hypernym: microsecond: one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond → 0
Candidate hypernym: crimson: a deep and vivid red color → 0
Candidate hypernym: beast of burden: an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work → 0
Candidate hypernym: proteomics: the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome → 0