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    collateral damage

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › collateral damageCollateral damage Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of COLLATERAL DAMAGE is injury inflicted on something other than an intended target; specifically : civilian casualties of a military operation.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOLLATERAL DAMAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    COLLATERAL DAMAGE definition: 1. during a war, the unintentional deaths and injuries of people who are not soldiers, and damage…. Learn more.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Collateral_damageCollateral damage - Wikipedia

    "Collateral damage" is a term for any incidental and undesired death, injury or other damage inflicted, especially on civilians, as the result of an activity. Originally coined to describe military operations, it is now also used in non-military contexts to refer to any unwanted fallout from an action.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCOLLATERAL DAMAGE definition and meaning | Collins English...

    Military unintentional damage to civil property and civilian casualties, caused by military.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › collateral-damageCOLLATERAL DAMAGE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Collateral damage definition: the killing of civilians in a military attack.. See examples of COLLATERAL DAMAGE used in a sentence.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcollateral damage noun - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    deaths of or injury to civilians (= people not in the armed forces) or damage to buildings that are not connected to the military during a war. People say ‘ collateral damage ’ to avoid saying ‘ innocent people being killed ’.. The government denied that there had been any collateral damage during the bombing raid. Collateral damage caused by the drone attacks was high.

  8. www.britannica.com › dictionary › collateral-damageCollateral damage Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    1 ENTRIES FOUND: collateral damage (noun) collateral damage noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of COLLATERAL DAMAGE. [noncount] : forms of damage including deaths and injuries that are a result of the fighting in a war but happen to people who are not in the military.

  9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › collateral-damagecollateral damage | meaning of collateral damage in Longman...

    collateral damage meaning, definition, what is collateral damage: when non-military people are hurt or kil...: Learn more.

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › Collateral_DamageCOLLATERAL DAMAGE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Collateral damage definition: . See examples of COLLATERAL DAMAGE used in a sentence.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryDefinition of 'collateral damage' - Collins Online Dictionary

    Collateral damage is accidental injury to non-military people or damage to non-military buildings which occurs during a military operation. To minimize collateral damage, maximum precision was required. American English: collateral damage / kəˈlætərəl ˈdæmɪdʒ /. Brazilian Portuguese: dano acidental.