collateral damages

plural of collateral damage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damages
Noun
  • More than 1,700 healthcare workers have been killed, and Gaza has been the deadliest context for aid workers, with 181 fatalities last year.
    Anna Halford, Time, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The personal finance website recently ranked America’s safest cities in 2025, based on drug overdose deaths, traffic fatalities, property crime rates and other factors.
    Sarah Linn October 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That earthquake led to coastal evacuations and a temporary tsunami alert, but ultimately resulted in no reports of damage or casualties.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Scenes of panic emerged in Gaza during the strikes, where crowds were seen gathered at al-Aqsa hospital as casualties were rushed into the facility.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Andrew did not admit liability but agreed to pay Giuffre an undisclosed sum and to make a donation to a charity supporting abuse victims.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rhincodon typus, to use their scientific name, eat their ample fill by ram filter-feeding, vacuuming up gallons of water to strain out small prey before the water exits their gills.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When focusing on the vipers’ fangs, the team watched their needle-like teeth sink into the fake prey.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not everyone is guaranteed that their sacrifices will lead to a billion-dollar innovation.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Both options came with challenges and sacrifices.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Arne Slot’s team were vulnerable after three successive losses.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Chaparro also noted that bitcoin and ether suffered less losses compared to alternative crypto-assets in this month’s massive liquidation event.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Collateral damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damages. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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