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what is zeugma?
the contrasting of ideas through the parallel arrangement of words
when a speaker says the opposite of what they mean
the use of a term to refer to something closely connected to it
the use of a single word to modify different terms in different senses
Zeugma is a figure of speech where a single word (usually a verb or adjective) modifies or governs multiple words in a sentence, but in different senses. For example, "She broke his car and his heart." Here, "broke" is used with "car" (in a literal sense of damaging) and "heart" (in a metaphorical sense of causing emotional pain).
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the use of a single word to modify different terms in different senses