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When we substitute war terms like "servicing the target" for bombing, or "soft targets" for people to be killed, we are using what form of language?

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The answer euphemism in which it is a form of language that refers to polite, indirect terms that substitute words and phrases deliberated harsh and disrespectful or which suggest somewhat disagreeable. In addition, the opposite of a euphemism is a dysphemism or cacophemism. The dysphemism is a figure of speech which is distinct from the use of critical or offensive expressions as an alternative of inoffensive ones.
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