acceptable losses
- collateral damageUnintended harm from military action
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- expendableAble to be sacrificed
- tolerableAble to be endured
necessary evil · attrition · fallout · triage · pragmatic · calculated risk · battlefield · body count · strategic · regrettable · unavoidable · military · civilian · quota · threshold · margin · writeoff · expected
moral framing of casualties
acceptable losseswar crime
Illegal act in combat
atrocity · murder · massacre · sanctity of life · criminal negligence