Synonyms for collateral damage
col·lat·er·al dam·age

Princeton's WordNet

1. collateral damagenoun

   (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations

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1. • Fatal Accident
   • Military

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1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   Well you know, mistakes are made in warfare, the drone is another weapon. It's used obviously to try and minimize collateral damage. Americans like minimizing collateral damage. I think it's a part of our toolbox that we should use against terrorists. I think there is plenty of oversight and we are always going to look when mistakes are made. I think it's appropriate for Congress to take a look at it.

2. Peter Maurer:

   The compounded effects of intense fighting and import restrictions are having a dramatic impact on health care. Health facilities have been massively attacked as well as suffering collateral damage, medicines can't get in so patient care is falling apart. Fuel shortages mean equipment doesn't work. This cannot go on. Yemen is crumbling. As a matter of urgency, there must be free movement of goods into and across the country ... Much more needs to be done.

3. Kenneth Timmerman:

   He was collateral damage, as were the actors and actresses who became subject to death threats and fatwas, nakoula takes the fatwas seriously because he understands they are still active and cannot be rescinded.

4. Norm Ornstein:

   This is going to undermine confidence in the FBI and other intelligence agencies, there is collateral damage from these attacks that isn't even being taken into account.

5. William Bottke:

   In an explosion, there is often collateral damage, where nearby buildings and innocent bystanders are affected, investigators can learn about the explosive device and the explosion itself by studying what happened to people, infrastructure, and whether trace amounts of the explosive device can be found among the blast damage. Here, the 'innocent bystanders' were the main-belt asteroids.