Term: backfire: a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
Candidate hypernym: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) → 1
Candidate hypernym: chief financial officer: the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm → 0
Candidate hypernym: plastron: the front of man's dress shirt → 0
Candidate hypernym: grazier: a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market → 0
Candidate hypernym: acupuncture: treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: clapperboard: photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together → 0
Candidate hypernym: histiocyte: a macrophage that is found in connective tissue → 0
Candidate hypernym: aortic orifice: the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta → 0
Candidate hypernym: recording: the act of making a record (especially an audio record) → 0
Candidate hypernym: retailing: the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers → 0
Candidate hypernym: evil spirit: a spirit tending to cause harm → 0