Antonyms for collateral damagecol·lat·er·al dam·age

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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. collateral benefit

   while the term and meaning of collateral damage is widespread there are actions that also have widespread and difficult to measure collateral benefits.

   the collateral benefit of local, organic food is likely to be lower cancer and obesity rates.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

2. unintentional benefit

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

How to use collateral damage in a sentence?

1. 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death threats and fatwas, nakoula takes the fatwas seriously because he understands they are still active and cannot be rescinded.

2. John Viola:

   By default, we're like the collateral damage of this trend.

3. Jacob Appelbaum:

   I find this stuff to be so frustrating because while they can be sources of legitimate intelligence, there can be lots of collateral damage.

4. Dan Gainor:

   Billy Bush should n’t be fired. Billy Bush, as a reporter, sometimes plays to the interviewee and made a bad call in going too far with what everyone is calling ‘ locker room talk,' Davis said. Billy Bush’s going to get a rough break here. There’s no excuse for the aggressive rape talk. billy Bush offense isn't what Billy Bush observed Trump saying. Billy Bush offense's that Billy Bush didn't throw Donald Trump under the bus once Billy Bush decided to run. Billy Bush offense's what the media wanted Billy Bush to do, Gainor said. Since Billy Bush didn't, Billy Bush time there is over. I'm sure network execs could go through thousands of hours of tape and destroy tons of other celebrity careers for the awful things they say and do. Only they won't. Because they only want to get Donald Trump because Donald Trump's running as a Republican. Billy Bush is collateral damage.

5. 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.

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