Synonyms for cannon fodder

Grammar : Noun

Définition of cannon fodder

noun expendable soldiers

Example sentences :

An abundance of cannon fodder is essential to the success of the scheme.
Extract from : « The Fruits of Victory » by Norman Angell

He thought of George as clay to the hand of a sergeant, not as cannon fodder.
Extract from : « The Soul of Susan Yellam » by Horace Annesley Vachell

England utilizes the refuse of her domestic establishment as cannon fodder.
Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 » by Various

Giants striving for mastery, using the human cattle as cannon fodder!
Extract from : « Astounding Stories, August, 1931 » by Various

You lose all individuality, you become a "bayonet" or a "machine gun," or "cannon fodder," or "fighting material."
Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

Soviet communism is trying to make these nations into colonies, and to use their people as cannon fodder in new wars of conquest.
Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman » by Harry S. Truman

Much has been made of a statement that I declared that men were fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder.
Extract from : « The Debs Decision » by Scott Nearing

When misfortune and lack of cannon fodder oppressed him, Napoleon became again the practical man not blinded by his supremacy.
Extract from : « Battle Studies » by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq

But here appeared the cannon fodder demanding to be shot down in its craze for Triumphant Germany.
Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry

On my left was the cannon fodder going up; on my right was the cannon fodder coming back.
Extract from : « Friends of France » by Various

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