collateral damagenoun [ U ]
uk/kəˌlæt.ər.əl ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/kəˌlæt̬.ɚ.əl ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/during a war, the unintentional deaths and injuries of people who are not soldiers, and damage that is caused to their homes, hospitals, schools, etc.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
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