Many of them fail to explode immediately and can lie hidden for years, killing and maiming civilians, including children, even decades after the original conflict is over.

很多集束炸弹并没有立即爆炸，可能潜伏长达数年，甚至在冲突结束数十年后，炸死炸伤平民，其中包括儿童。

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Since most of his clientele were the desperate or the destitute, their maiming or disappearance rarely went noticed.

由于他的大部分客户都病入膏肓或一贫如洗，因此他们的致残或消失几乎无人察觉。

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Together with nuts, beans and grains, fruit provides all the sustenance a body needs without requiring the death, wounding or maiming of any other lifeform.

包括坚果、豆子和谷物，果食提供人类所有营养物质，同时不会使其它的生命死亡、受到伤害或者残疾。

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She says children are at risk of sexual violence, killing and maiming, and forced recruitment into armed groups.

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