English-Portuguese translations for collateral damage

• dano colateral
  Esse é o resultado, o dano colateral deste ataque a Gaza. That is the result, the collateral damage of this attack on Gaza.
  Creio que estas acções causam um dano colateral: elas enfraquecem o papel do Provedor de Justiça Europeu, o que é absolutamente irresponsável. I believe that these actions cause collateral damage: they weaken the role of the European Ombudsman, which is completely irresponsible.

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
• collateral form
• collateral circulation
• collateralized loan
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