Term: economic strangulation: punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them
Candidate hypernym: punishment: the act of punishing → 1
Candidate hypernym: wood meadowgrass: slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: alpha-interferon: a form of interferon that is produced endogenously and commercially for its pharmacological effects (including regulation of the immune system and antiviral and antineoplastic effects) → 0
Candidate hypernym: steak au poivre: steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce → 0
Candidate hypernym: black cottonwood: cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath → 0
Candidate hypernym: ploce: (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning → 0
Candidate hypernym: turnstone: migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food → 0
Candidate hypernym: croton: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant → 0
Candidate hypernym: closing time: the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public → 0
Candidate hypernym: millenarianism: belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations → 0
Candidate hypernym: menagerie: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition → 0