civilian deaths
Collateral damage toll
Civilian deaths refers to the killing of non-combatants in armed conflict, terrorism, or state violence.
The term distinguishes ordinary people—not soldiers or fighters—from military casualties.
It appears frequently in news coverage and humanitarian reports: The bombing caused significant civilian deaths.
Also called civilian casualties, though that term includes injuries as well as fatalities.
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- collateral damageUnintended harm from military action
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
- bombingAttack with explosives
carpet bombing · airstrike · drone strike · massacre · genocide · atrocity · victims · human shields · innocents · body bags · mass grave · refugees · mourning · rubble · shelling · crossfire · war zone · humanitarian crisis
- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, dead
- Sri LankaSri Lanka, Ceylon, Colombo, Sinhalese, Tamils
- Ukraine WarUkraine, Kherson, Mariupol, Kyiv, Donetsk
- war casualtiescasualties, war casualties, war dead, killed in action, fallen soldiers
- WWII OccupationNazi occupation, occupied territory, occupation zone, Vichy France, Vichy
- Leningrad Siegeblockade, encirclement, Leningrad, starvation, bread rations
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