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1. At a briefing Saturday, Pentagon officials said the US-led airstrikes successfully hit every target and they were not aware of any civilian casualties.

casualty 人员伤亡

Any history of bombing must also be a history of civilian casualty, for bombing saves the lives of soldiers only at the expense of other lives.
任何空袭的历史也必定是平民伤亡的历史，因为空袭救了士兵的性命只能以其他人的生命为代价。

2.Vice President Mike Pence told U.S. Allies in Latin America the US-led airstrikes on Syria "degraded and crippled" the country's chemical weapons capability.

cripple 削弱

The factory was entirely crippled by the strike.
罢工使这个工厂完全瘫痪了。