collateral damage (English, noun)
expansion: collateral damage (usually uncountable, plural collateral damages)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.
tags: euphemistic
uncountable
usually
glosses: Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions.
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: collateral damages
tags: plural