Definition of Collateral damage

injury inflicted on something or someone other than an intended target

Examples of Collateral damage in a sentence

Collateral damage in their parents’ divorce, the children were not the target of the malicious slander but were hurt anyway.  🔊

The public was angry that innocent citizens were killed as collateral damage when the city’s military base was bombed.  🔊

Radiation and chemotherapy can affect healthy tissues, these good cells collateral damage while trying to kill off cancer.  🔊

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