Term: suppressive fire: fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives
Candidate hypernym: fire: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy → 1
Candidate hypernym: genus cyrilla: one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: abettor: one who helps or encourages or incites another → 0
Candidate hypernym: piassava palm: Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes → 0
Candidate hypernym: vine: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: paleocerebellum: the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals → 0
Candidate hypernym: beta blocker: any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system → 0
Candidate hypernym: football field: the playing field on which football is played → 0
Candidate hypernym: scene: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept → 0
Candidate hypernym: superoxide dismutase: an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen → 0
Candidate hypernym: recognition: the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country → 0