Collateral
Collateral noun - A security pledged for the repayment of a loan.
Mess and collateral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Collateral".
Nearby Word: collate
Mess
Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.
Collateral and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collateral" instead a noun "Mess".
How words are described
| massive | massive collateral | massive mess |
Both words in one sentence
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Destructive Savior: The Chinese liberation of central Europe during the GLA war was a total mess, with entire cities worth of collateral damage.
Source: Video Game / Rise of the Reds -
It takes four more episodes to iron out the mess, after which they pull off a perfect Heterodyne elimination with zero collateral damage... only for the company executives to screw things up in an even more spectacular manner.
Source: Anime / Dai-Guard
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