Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of collateral damage
Mayor Scott, Commissioner Worley, and Executive Ball have a responsibility to ensure that Baltimore does not become collateral damage in a fight over immigration policy.
—
Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The collateral damage has typically been deemed worth it though, because when a treatment works, the cancer is destroyed and the patient lives.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
The bottom line: As Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa wrote this week, the power struggle between Johnson and Martinez, and the collateral damage along the way, is unprecedented.
—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The introduction of direct payments from schools to athletes in 2025 will mark another revolutionary change, and collateral damage from the combined upheaval has the potential to affect every key stakeholder of the sport.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for collateral damage 
Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The collateral damage has typically been deemed worth it though, because when a treatment works, the cancer is destroyed and the patient lives.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
The bottom line: As Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa wrote this week, the power struggle between Johnson and Martinez, and the collateral damage along the way, is unprecedented.
—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The introduction of direct payments from schools to athletes in 2025 will mark another revolutionary change, and collateral damage from the combined upheaval has the potential to affect every key stakeholder of the sport.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for collateral damage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
Noun
-
According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, 68% of traffic fatalities in 2023 involved speeding.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
-
While the figures do not differentiate between militants and civilians, women and children are reported to comprise more than half of the fatalities.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
One needn’t bluntly insert these facts, but there are times when Zimmerman’s screenplay, aiming for a kind of universality, sacrifices potential depth.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
-
Some even compared the water to human sacrifice, which created a bit of an eerie vibe.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
-
Several other fire victims are likely in the same situation.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Moreover, while Ukraine has volunteers and other countries discussing the idea of deploying troops, Russia only has its own troops, as well as North Korean soldiers, who have been experiencing high numbers of casualties.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
-
The first question was whether Israel was willing to inflict collateral civilian casualties, and absorb military casualties, at a level that experts thought would be necessary to accomplish its goal.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
These features, whether natural or man-made, provide critical foraging opportunities by increasing prey availability in the surrounding waters.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
-
On rare occasions, a very hungry bear may attack a human as prey.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Games to Watch Classical Magnet (10-1) at Innovation (12-1), Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Innovation’s only loss came to Cheney Tech in overtime on Dec. 21; Classical’s only loss was to SMSA on Dec. 26.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2025
-
That meant getting vulnerable online about their loss, and engaging a relentless social media strategy to encourage people to stream Montag’s music and support them.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Review Reviewed by Maria Lipman January/February 2025 Published on January 7, 2025 In This Review Patriot: A Memoir By Alexei Navalny Print Save The posthumous memoir by Navalny, the late Russian opposition leader, mingles the account of a politician with the story of a martyr.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
-
The defendant, who carried a handwritten manifesto decrying the American health care system, has been cast as a martyr by some people sympathetic to his apparent philosophy — and the charges could strengthen that perception.—
Hurubie Meko,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near collateral damage
Cite this Entry
“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share