idiom
collateral damage
kuh-LAT-er-ul DAM-ij
kəˈlætərəl ˈdæmɪdʒListen
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Syllable breakdown
collateraldamage
Dictionary meaning
Unintended harm or damage caused as a side effect of achieving an objective.
Examples
- The redundancies were painful collateral damage from the restructuring.
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