"meat assault" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

Forms: meat assaults [plural]
  1. Vague humaine.
    Sense id: fr-meat_assault-en-noun-7-XSjzhK Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais du militaire Topics: military
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: meat grinder
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    "Composé de meat (« viande ») et de assault (« assaut »), littéralement « assaut de viande » ; meat (« viande ») est une métaphore du soldat que l’on retrouve dans des expressions comme « chair à canon » en français (cannon fodder, « fourrage à canon », garde la métaphore de nourriture)."
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