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Meatgrinder may not have the same military context in Russian?
We can’t simply apply our English concepts to other cultures/languages.
It does. For example the battle of Verdun was also called Верде́нская мясорубка (The meat grinder of Verdun)
Wasn't intended to be taken seriously.