Collateral and Killing

Collateral

Collateral noun - A security pledged for the repayment of a loan.

Killing and collateral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killing" instead a noun "Collateral".

Nearby Word: collate

Killing

Killing noun - The act of terminating a life.

Collateral and killing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collateral" instead a noun "Killing".

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

How words are described

human human collateral human killing
high high collateral high killing
mass mass collateral mass killing

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Specialist CIA Evil, FBI Good: The CIA doesn't mind collateral damage, nor killing children.
  • An Expanded Universe novel reveals that it is actually keeping even worse beings at bay, and that it killing people for the energy required to do so is simply "collateral damage".
  • Blood Sport Bonus points are awarded for style and ingenuity, points are deducted for unnecessary collateral damage and killing non-victims.
    Source: Blood Sport
Cite this Source
Killing and Collateral. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collateral/killing
Collateral & Killing. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/collateral/killing>.
Killing or Collateral. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/collateral/killing.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "collateral" and "killing" have occurred on timeline