Term: ruin: an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
Candidate hypernym: devastation: the state of being decayed or destroyed → 1
Candidate hypernym: plumed scorpionfish: a kind of scorpionfish → 0
Candidate hypernym: required course: a course that all students are required to take → 0
Candidate hypernym: wilderness: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition → 0
Candidate hypernym: secretary of defense: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department → 0
Candidate hypernym: transience: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying → 0
Candidate hypernym: terrorization: the act of inspiring with fear → 0
Candidate hypernym: prophase: the first stage of meiosis → 0
Candidate hypernym: grass pink: an orchid → 0
Candidate hypernym: kwell: a preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo → 0
Candidate hypernym: salvation: the state of being saved or preserved from harm → 0