Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: persecution: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) → 1
Candidate hypernym: sleeper: an unexpected achiever of success → 0
Candidate hypernym: white sweet clover: biennial plant; valuable honey plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: immunological disorder: a disorder of the immune system → 0
Candidate hypernym: second reading: the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee's report and take a vote (US) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pinprick: small puncture (as if made by a pin) → 0
Candidate hypernym: tea urn: an urn in which tea is brewed and from which it is served → 0
Candidate hypernym: basic: a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use → 0
Candidate hypernym: spark lever: (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition → 0
Candidate hypernym: european larch: tall European tree having a slender conic crown, flat needlelike leaves, and hairy cone scales → 0
Candidate hypernym: match: a burning piece of wood or cardboard → 0