the final solution

the final solution
   the killing of all Jews
   The Nazi Endlôsung:
    Comprehension was not aided by the Nazis' deliberate carrying over of the same terms — Final Solution, evacuation, resettlement — as euphemisms for mass murder. (Burleigh, 2000)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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