COLLATERAL DAMAGES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

collateral damages

noun

plural of collateral damage

as in fatalities

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Noun

The proper accounting of military fatalities has implications beyond public transparency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The classification covers incidents involving aircraft destruction, fatalities, or qualifying damage exceeding $2 million.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of fatalities

Noun

Amid soaring casualties on the front lines, mounting economic hardship and rising public anxiety, the reality of what Russia calls its Special Military Operation in Ukraine is increasingly being felt.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Many of the casualties were police officers and people attending prayers at a mosque.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of casualties

Noun

The studies with these conclusions have not held up over time and may be victims of publication bias.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026
Once a case enters the criminal justice system, control shifts almost entirely to state or federal officials, often leaving victims feeling sidelined.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of victims

Noun

Threats facing the species include habitat loss, declining prey populations and human-wildlife conflict.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Over Labor Day weekend, Springfield Public Schools, a district in western Massachusetts that serves twenty-three thousand students across some sixty schools, fell prey to a cyberattack that shuttered classes for four days.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of prey

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Labor leaders say those sacrifices, coupled with deep staffing cuts in the 2010s, left agencies in social services, healthcare, public safety and other key fields unable to retain many workers.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
After over four and a half years, Russia has been unable to convert its immense military sacrifices in Ukraine into meaningful military gains.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of sacrifices

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