Damn Peiper West Point took KILL out of the lexicon back in the 90s - it became neutralize the enemy.
The BBC is coming late to the party - make words mean nothing and the rest is f*@#ning easy.
Even back in the Viet Nam war the “missions” went from:
********SEARCH AND DESTROY*********
to
********SWEEP AND CLEAR************
“Destroy” sounded too violent for military press releases!
The BBC was once an organistion we could be proud of. Now its a laughing stock. A few years back they insisted that muslim “terrorists” be referred to as “insurgents” Must not offend the new overlords what, what?