collateral damage
CEFR: C1
Unintended injury or secondary destruction inflicted during an activity or technological disruption.
Synonyms
- collateral damage descriptor
- technical taxonomy
Common Collocations
- analysis of collateral damage
- features of collateral damage
- impact of collateral damage
Example Sentence
The empirical research passage in Cambridge IELTS 16 highlights the importance of collateral damage in its specific analytical context.