Cannon Fodder Definition

noun
Soldiers, sailors, etc. thought of as being expended (i.e., killed or maimed) or expendable in war.
Webster's New World

Military forces considered to be expendable.

Wiktionary

(rare) Artillery ammunition.

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Cannon Fodder Sentence Examples

  • You can easily become cannon fodder in religious strife.

  • He says the jihadists provide cannon fodder for the insurgency in the form of suicide bombers.

  • With the absence of zombies, room has been made for far more intelligent cannon fodder.

  • You were betrayed by your group - cannon fodder to trigger the trap they knew had been set for them.

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