catachresis
Noun
Meaning
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
malapropism
simile
corruption
abuse
metaphor
interrogation
apostrophe
misunderstanding
cruelty
allegory
brutality
misuse
exclamation
antithesis
mistreatment
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