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. Hussain Monguno:

   Are these girls going to be collateral damage? It is very, very sad, as the days go by, the possibility of getting them back becomes very bleak.

2. Brian Tribus:

   The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility, this incident is under investigation.

3. Jacob Appelbaum:

   There’s a lot of people who have conflicted interest where they’re supposed to protect Americans, but at the same time, they think they can do that by violating people’s rights constantly and recording data, especially with mass surveillance, 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. Gabby Giffords:

   There are people out there whose minds Barbara Parker will never change, if you are a parent, if you are a mother, if you have children -- how can you look your child in the eye and say Barbara Parker are willing to allow you to be collateral damage in order to keep what some people perceive to be their constitutional rights ? If Barbara Parker as a society are willing to accept that, what kind of society are Barbara Parker ?

5. Colonel Sonny Leggett:

   Initial indications are members of Daesh (IS) were among those targeted in the strike, however, we are working with local officials to determine whether there was collateral damage.

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