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Military forces considered to be expendable. / (by extension) Any group of contestants that have no hope of success. / (rare) Artillery ammunition.

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cannon fodder

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Source Word

cannon fodder

uncountable broadly rare

Japanese Meaning

犠牲とみなされる戦力、消耗兵力 / （比喩的に）成功の望みがない、見捨てられた集団 / （稀に）砲兵用の弾薬

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Despite the protests, the young recruits were used as cannon fodder in the ill-planned offensive.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

抗議にもかかわらず、その若い新兵たちは準備不足の攻勢で捨て駒にされた。

Sense（1）

Military forces considered to be expendable.

Coordinate term: forlorn hope

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(by extension) Any group of contestants that have no hope of success.

It is arrogant to simply dismiss San Marino and say they should not be playing qualifiers at this level but it is hard to see what England and manager Southgate learned from this one-sided, rather soulless experience against a team who were little more than cannon fodder.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(rare) Artillery ammunition.

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