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 cat·a·chre·sis /ˌkætəˈkrisəs/
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 Cat·a·chre·sis n.  Rhet. 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.
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 catachresis
      n : strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as
          `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a
          mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')