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Collateral damage
Noun
Word Frequency:
0.3
Definitions
1.
Noun
Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.
2.
Noun
Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions.
3.
Noun
Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else.
Synonyms
casualty
damagement
country damage
incontinent ordinance
toll
damage
blowback
damager
harm
unintended consequence
endamagement
loss and damage
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