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collateral damage
noun
- the killing of civilians in a military attack.
- any damage incidental to an activity.
collateral damage
noun
- military unintentional damage to civil property and civilian casualties, caused by military operations
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of collateral damage1
Example Sentences
Without mentioning the demolitions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the guilty must be punished without mercy, "but don't let innocent people become collateral damage".
Israel insists it always follows international law in Gaza, and has also argued that the particular nature of this conflict, with Hamas fighters hidden among the civilian population, mean collateral damage can sometimes happen.
Predictably, consumers and businesses are collateral damage, suddenly facing higher prices, layoffs, depressed retirement accounts and fears of recession.
They don’t care if “Pedro caught a bad flight. That was collateral damage,” they say when discussing a father who had no criminal past being transported to a foreign prison by Trump’s ICE teams.
"Vietnam... and others in the periphery are collateral damage in what is shaping up to be the most aggressive realignment of US trade policy in a generation," he added.
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