Reporter: "Mr. President, we heard reports of dozens of civilian casualties. Can you confirm those reports?" President: "Yes, unfortunately the bombing did cause some collateral damage." In this dialogue, the president inappropriately uses _____.

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The president uses "collateral damage" as a euphemism to refer to civilian casualties, which is a softer or more indirect expression used to describe something unpleasant.