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cannon fodder

noun
🔊/ˈkænən fɒdə(r)/
🔊/ˈkænən fɑːdər/
[uncountable]
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  1. soldiers who are thought of not as people whose lives are important, but as material to be used up in war炮灰
    • The soldiers were little more than cannon fodder.士兵们只不过是大炮草料。