What does collateral damage mean? My friend said the weekly group dinners stopped because of that.

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My friend said the weekly group dinners stopped because one couple got divorced and the group dinners were collateral damage. What does he mean by this? Google answers aren’t clear.

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Collateral damage, in the literal sense, is inadvertent casualties or damage to civilians due to military operations. The phrase has come to be used as an analogy for any unintended negative consequences, in a more general way.

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