Term: kia quen: a form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed
Candidate hypernym: torture: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason → 1
Candidate hypernym: trench warfare: a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other → 0
Candidate hypernym: civilization: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization → 0
Candidate hypernym: eagle: an emblem representing power → 0
Candidate hypernym: mid-november: the middle part of November → 0
Candidate hypernym: chew: a wad of something chewable as tobacco → 0
Candidate hypernym: bullpen: a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game → 0
Candidate hypernym: redress: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil → 0
Candidate hypernym: glycerol: a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils → 0
Candidate hypernym: any-and-all bid: a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding → 0
Candidate hypernym: venae profundae clitoridis: deep veins of the clitoris; join the vesical plexus → 0