:forms of damage including deaths and injuries that are a result of the fighting in a war but happen to people who are not in the military间接损害,附带损害(指平民因战争而蒙受的死伤及损失)
: injury inflicted on something other than an intended target
specifically: civilian casualties of a military operation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe collateral damage of each murder attempt is, for the most part, a body. Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 The collateral damage from the power struggle has had wide-ranging consequences. Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 The collateral damage was already evident before Hitchens’s death. Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Given the long tail of cars and buses following the truck, collateral damage appeared inevitable, but dozens of citizens who witnessed the accident came together and helped clear the highway in about a half-hour. Byhyerim Lee, ABC News, 19 July 2022 The ruling will also likely further weaken the country’s standing in international climate negotiations, and some environmentalists fear the collateral damage could doom efforts to avert the worst of global warming. Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 In the meantime, collateral damage became apparent as dispatchers received reports from Roundwood Road of other residential alarms going off in the same time frame, along with numerous traffic lights no longer working around the village. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 4 June 2022 This has all been a huge turn-on for them, the collateral damage not even worth considering. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2022 Unfortunately, the collateral damage of the use of hard drugs currently available, cheaply, on the streets in Oregon and elsewhere is evident. Jeff Eager, National Review, 7 Feb. 2022 See More