English-Dutch translations for collateral damage

• nevenschade
  Niet optreden zou immens veel nevenschade veroorzaken. The collateral damage of our failure to act will be immense.
  Dat is het resultaat, de nevenschade van deze aanval op Gaza. That is the result, the collateral damage of this attack on Gaza.
  Maar er zijn nog drie andere terreinen, ten slotte, waarop we de nevenschade van de recente gebeurtenissen moeten zien te beperken. But there are three other areas, finally, where we should also work to reduce collateral damage from recent events.
• randschade

Definition of collateral damage

• Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that are the unintended result of military operations
• Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions
• Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else

Related words

• collateral
• collateralize
• collateralization
• collateralisation
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