Something more apt needed

There’s something really mealy mouthed about claiming the glorious dead of world wars ‘gave their life’. Maybe a few of them did but most of them were killed and had their life ripped from them and had no choice in the matter.
    It would show them much more respect for their loss, rather than an illusory sacrifice, to come up with a much more fitting description. Or just to call them the war dead and leave it at that without the inapt/inept qualifier.