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. Jens Walter:

   The idea here is not really to criticize the modern lifestyle and its practices, modern lifestyle has tremendous benefits, but obviously, there is a good possibility it also came with a trade-off or collateral damage, and the idea is really to find what is it in modern lifestyle that potentially causes this collateral damage.

2. 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.

3. Richard Burr:

   There are consequences to war and we're in one, we hate where there's collateral damage. We hate when they're Americans. But as proven by the president's statement, we also killed two other Americans that were part of the terrorist organizations.

4. Mary Trump:

   I saw firsthand what focusing on the wrong things, elevating the wrong people can do -- the collateral damage that can be created by allowing somebody to live their lives without accountability, if I can do anything to change the narrative and to tell the truth, I need to do it. Because I don't believe the American people had the entire truth four years ago.

5. Naghmeh Abedini:

   These are human lives. Lives which hold inherent dignity endowed by our Creator, they are neither a mere statistic nor collateral damage in the world's attempt to curtail Iran's nuclear development. They are husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers. Do not forget them.