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# servicing the target

phrase (verb phrase, jargon; service, services, serviced, servicing the target)

«servicing the target» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

(euphemism, military jargon, US) bombing, shooting or destroying a target, often killing people.

### In the lessons

Used in military talk to make killing and destroying sound like a routine repair job; jargon, mostly US. Critics quote it as an example of hiding violence in technical words.

### Examples

- The pilots talked about servicing the target, not about bombing it.
- The report said the planes were "servicing the target".
- Our history teacher showed how "servicing the target" hides what really happened.
- War language like "servicing the target" makes killing sound like car repair.
- The general refused to explain what servicing the target meant.
- In the essay, Jo listed war euphemisms such as servicing the target.

### Note

"Servicing" normally means checking and repairing a machine. Here it means destroying. A classic example of double-speak.