Collateral
Collateral noun - A security pledged for the repayment of a loan.
Scratch and collateral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scratch" instead a noun "Collateral".
Nearby Word: collate
Scratch
Scratch noun - A harsh grating sound.
Collateral and scratch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collateral" instead a noun "Scratch".
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- The third movie takes it Up to Eleven: Carly somehow gets through a firefight between Autobots and Decepticons, wanton collateral damage left and right, and a collapsing building with shards of concrete and glass raining down from all sides without a single scratch.
Source: Dirt Forcefield - Iron Man 2 features more collateral damage than you can shake an explosion at, including a swarm of combat drones going amok among a crowd of people, and not a single bystander is shown with so much as a scratch.
Source: No Endor Holocaust -
Mr. Scratch: This poor slob's just collateral damage, really.
Source: Chaotic Evil
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