Assassination euphemisms

Jerome Foster funex79 at CHARTER.NET
Wed Jul 14 04:15:26 UTC 2010


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From: "Mark Peters" <markpeters33 at YAHOO.COM>
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Subject: Assassination euphemisms


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> I'm looking for euphs for assassination like regime change, remove,
> salvage,
> targeted killing, etc. I appreciate any suggestions!
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> Mark
> http://twitter.com/wordlust
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