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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
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of collateral damage1
Example Sentences
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.
“We need the president’s help to untangle the spirits industry, and the greater hospitality industry, from these tariffs. We’re collateral damage.”
The “techno optimism,” as O’Mara described it, with its unshakable faith that technology is inherently good and will improve things — “even if there might be some collateral damage along the way.”
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