I'm talking about the word "defund" in the vernacular. Which, for many people, absolutely does also imply abolish or eliminate. As a thought experiment, I'm go

I'm talking about the word "defund" in the vernacular. Which, for many people, absolutely does also imply abolish or eliminate. As a thought experiment, I'm going to conjure a slogan: "Defund the Humane Society". What is the first thing that comes to mind? I expect most people would think "you want to get rid of the animal shelter?" And I would reply, "no what I actually want is to re-allocate money from the euthanasia program so that we can have increased adoption rates and make this a no-kill shelter." Putting aside the vernacular implications of "defund", my slogan is totally ineffective at actually capturing what I am trying to accomplish. And, it has the added downside of giving people a terrible and inaccurate first impression.