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Definition of Collateral damage
1. Noun. (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations.
Generic synonyms: Casualty, Fatal Accident
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collateral Damage
Literary usage of Collateral damage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Ivana Nizich (1992)
"35 Excessive collateral damage The other side of the proportionality equation is
the requirement that the foreseeable injury to civilians and damage to ..."
2. Less Hype, More Help: Reducing Juvenile Crime, What Works-And What Doesn't by Richard A. Mendel (2000)
"... but it decreased in both Montana and Wyoming where the juvenile courts retained
jurisdiction of most violent juvenile offenders.103 collateral damage. ..."
3. Is a U. N. International Criminal Court in the U. S. National Interest edited by Rod Grams (2001)
"(c) Comments: (i) Since this offense requires deliberate and purposeful action,
causing incidental injury or collateral damage does not constitute attacking ..."
4. A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Injunctions: And of Interlocutory by Baron Robert Henley Eden Henley, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1852)
"... and the remainder for severance and collateral damage, and the company were
to have any additional land they might want at the same rate per acre ..."
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