collateral damages

noun

Definition of collateral damagesnext
plural of collateral damage
as in fatalities

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  1. fatalities
  2. casualties
  3. victims
  4. prey
  5. losses
Noun
  • Both the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now investigating the workplace fatalities.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • South Carolina has reported 41 fatalities, Georgia 33, Florida 19, Tennessee 11 and Virginia two.
    Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of fatalities
Noun
  • Russia has used warships from its Black Sea Fleet, as well as strategic bombers, to conduct missile strikes on targets across Ukraine, leading to hundreds of civilian casualties.
    Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • While the identities of the victims have not been disclosed, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Wednesday that no foreign nationals were among the casualties.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of casualties
Noun
  • That is also false, with FEMA noting on its website that the $750 figure is specifically for Serious Needs Assistance, which is immediate aid that disaster victims can receive to pay for essential items like food, water and emergency supplies.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Several days after floodwaters devastated entire communities in western North Carolina, only now are the first few victims being identified — as authorities warn of more to come.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of victims
Noun
  • This suggests the influence of other factors, such as the emergence of coral reefs and changes in prey availability, which could have driven the evolutionary trajectory of sharks.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The regulation became necessary when the number of whales near the coast spiked after a marine heat wave from 2014 to 2018 apparently pushed their prey – such as sardines and anchovies – closer to shore, and the humpbacks followed.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of prey
Noun
  • The company has posted cumulative losses of $600 million going back more than a decade, with $400 million spent just getting through the eight-year-long NEPA process.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Indemnification As described by Cornell Law School, indemnification occurs when one party compensates another party for damages or losses that have occurred related to specific events.
    Eric Wood, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of losses
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Thesaurus Entries Near collateral damages

collateral damage

collateral damages

collates

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