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cannon fodder

NOUN
  1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

How To Use cannon fodder In A Sentence

  • As if this justifies our treating them as cannon fodder. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the series has a solid fanbase – and beyond that are no doubt many gamers who like the idea of plodding across America in a massive steel beast, with temperamental cohorts at your side, with enemies to turn to cannon fodder mush, with Kinect controls that let you ram down a periscope or jam a pair of metallic legs into gear.10-15 years ago, this kind of esoteric Japapanese treat was much more common on Western release schedules. Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor – preview
  • They likewise claimed that they were tricked into fighting their fellow citizens and used as cannon fodder. Times, Sunday Times
  • On paper, this Pool 4 game was the ultimate home banker, with the visitors supposedly unregarded cannon fodder for the illustrious former European champions; they were the most whelpish of underdogs.
  • They know how we won the last one; I kept the real threat busy while Kit dealt with the cannon fodder.
  • Children will be cannon fodder to boost a school's image.
  • You are used as cannon fodder, 'disposables' in the front columns of the apartheid war machine. ANC CALL TO BLACK SOLDIERS AND POLICE
  • As if this justifies our treating them as cannon fodder. Times, Sunday Times
  • Soldiers are described as cannon fodder, as dumb grunts.
  • The party slumped to between 13 and 16 per cent in the polls and focus groups reported that it was regarded as merely cannon fodder for comedians. Times, Sunday Times
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