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Collateral damage   /kəlˈætərəl dˈæmədʒ/   Listen
Collateral damage

noun
1.
(euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations.





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... for direct damage both to your chimneys and any collateral damage caused by fall of bricks into garden, etc., etc. Bodily inconvenience and mental anguish may be included, but the average courts are not, as a rule, swayed by sentiment. If you can prove that his grapnel removed any portion of your roof, ...
— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling


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