Term: decimation: destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: monobasic acid: an acid containing only one replaceable hydrogen atom per molecule → 0
Candidate hypernym: overdrive: the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration → 0
Candidate hypernym: metharbital: anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy → 0
Candidate hypernym: gas heater: a heater that burns gas for heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: timber hitch: a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus archaeopteryx: a genus of fossil birds → 0
Candidate hypernym: bustard: large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes → 0
Candidate hypernym: general: the head of a religious order or congregation → 0
Candidate hypernym: scopes trial: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed → 0
Candidate hypernym: deco: a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production → 0