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* In the [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] society in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', the less useful members of the populace -- such as, say, [[WheelchairWoobie the disabled]] -- are in risk of "culling".
** Then inverted in pre-Scratch troll society, where "culling" means "looked after".
** Rose's introductory arc also used "unestablished" a few times, referring to both a laboratory scheduled for ColonyDrop and an unfortunate creature therein.

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* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures''
** "Sleuth Diplomacy" in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' is one of the titular character's battle techniques, and a euphemism for riddling the enemy with several dozen bullets.
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In the [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] society in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', the less useful members of the populace -- such as, say, [[WheelchairWoobie the disabled]] -- are in risk of "culling".
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"culling". [[spoiler:Inverted in pre-Scratch troll society, where "culling" means "looked after".
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after".]]
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Rose's introductory arc also used "unestablished" a few times, referring to both a laboratory scheduled for ColonyDrop and an unfortunate creature therein.
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* Literature/JeffTheKiller of {{Creepypasta}} fame has "GO TO SLEEP" as his catchphrase for when he, well, puts people to sleep.

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* Literature/JeffTheKiller DerivativeWorks/JeffTheKiller of {{Creepypasta}} fame has "GO TO SLEEP" as his catchphrase for when he, well, puts people to sleep.
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* In ''Manga/DeathNote'' Kira frequently uses euphemisms such as "tonight's judgments," "punishments," or "cleansing the world" for mass killings of criminals. When Teru Mikami takes up the mantle he tends to use the term "delete", emphasizing just how meaningless human life really is to him.

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* In ''Manga/DeathNote'' Kira [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Kira]] frequently uses euphemisms such as "tonight's judgments," "punishments," or "cleansing the world" for mass killings of criminals. When Teru Mikami takes up the mantle he tends to use the term "delete", emphasizing just how meaningless human life really is to him.
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': When a captured Space Pirate isn't responding to Carolina's attempts to get him to talk, Dr. Grey offers to give him [[TortureTechnician a checkup]]. [[MutilationInterrogation She needs to put him back together before they can actually talk to him]].
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* In Literature/TheBible, UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} has a tendency to refer to the dead as "sleeping" and use "sleep" or "rest" as a euphemism for [[CessationOfExistence death]]. This causes some confusion at one point: His friend, Lazarus, falls ill and dies, and He tells His disciples that Lazarus is asleep and He's going to go wake him up, to which they ask if he's asleep then won't he get better, causing Jesus to flat out say, "Lazarus is dead." However, this has sort of the opposite effect the trope usually has, as Jesus is trying to point out the impermanence of death, a metaphor he completes by actually [[BackFromTheDead resurrecting the person he's referring to back to life]].

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* In Literature/TheBible, UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} has a tendency to refer to the dead as "sleeping" and use "sleep" or "rest" as a euphemism for [[CessationOfExistence death]]. This causes some confusion at one point: His friend, Lazarus, falls ill and dies, and He tells His disciples that Lazarus is asleep and He's going to go wake him up, to which they ask if he's asleep then won't he get better, causing up. The disciples take him literally and think that Lazarus sleeping well was a sign of recovery, so Jesus has to flat out say, tell them "Lazarus is dead." However, this has sort of the opposite effect the trope usually has, as Jesus is trying to point out the impermanence of death, a metaphor he completes by actually [[BackFromTheDead resurrecting the person he's referring to back to life]].

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* There are several instances in Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms of threats of being "dealt with according to military law" - by which is typically meant execution.[[/folder]]


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* In ''Pinball/{{Aerosmith}}'', the mode "Rats in the Cellar" depicts an exterminator company named "Permanent Vacation."



* There are several instances in Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms of threats of being "dealt with according to military law" - by which is typically meant execution.

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* In ''Pinball/{{Aerosmith}}'', the mode "Rats in the Cellar" depicts an exterminator company named "Permanent Vacation."
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* There are several instances in Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms of threats of being "dealt with according to military law" - by which is typically meant execution.

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* In ''Pinball/{{Aerosmith}}'', the mode "Rats in the Cellar" depicts an exterminator company named "Permanent Vacation."
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* There are several instances in Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms of threats of being "dealt with according to military law" - by which is typically meant execution.
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'''As a DeathTrope, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''

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'''As a DeathTrope, {{Death Trope|s}}, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''
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* Sharps Rifles were often shipped by sympathetic abolitionists to Free-Soiler militia groups in "Bleeding Kansas" in crates labelled [[BlatantLies "Books and Bibles"]], with a layer of bibles on top hiding their true cargo. They quickly earned the moniker "Beecher's Bibles" after Henry Ward Beecher, a clergyman from the famous abolitionist Beecher family, who worked with other leading Free-Staters to raise money for these shipments.

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* Sharps Rifles were often said to be shipped by sympathetic abolitionists to Free-Soiler militia groups in "Bleeding Kansas" in crates labelled [[BlatantLies "Books and Bibles"]], with a layer of bibles on top hiding their true cargo.cargo[[note]]There are other variations of this story, including that Beecher sent both bibles and rifles in the same unlabeled box or that they were shipped in two separate boxes, either way the broad contours of the story is that Beecher's church smuggled guns and became known as the Bible and Rifle Company[[/note]]. They quickly earned the moniker "Beecher's Bibles" after Henry Ward Beecher, a clergyman from the famous abolitionist Beecher family, who worked with other leading Free-Staters to raise money for these shipments.

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