"meat assault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meat assaults [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Russian [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru}} Calque of Russian [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} meat assault (plural meat assaults)
  1. (often informal) A human wave attack, particularly in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tags: informal, often
    Sense id: en-meat_assault-en-noun-oq-yOK1G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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