Definitions from Wiktionary (collateral damage)
▸ noun: (military, euphemistic) Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.
▸ noun: Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions.
▸ noun: Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else.
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▸ noun: (military, euphemistic) Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.
▸ noun: Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions.
▸ noun: Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else.
Similar:
casualty,
damagement,
country damage,
incontinent ordinance,
toll,
damage,
blowback,
harm,
unintended consequence,
endamagement,
more...
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Adjectives:
killer,
subversionary,
autodestructive,
mortall,
roadkilled,
alamort,
annihilatory,
killing,
killer diller,
deceased,
obliterative
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