# collateral damage

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.
2. Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions.
3. Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/collateral-damage