overkill
IPA: ˈoʊvɝkɪɫ
noun
- (literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- (literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
- (by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
- (manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
verb
- (transitive) To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.
- (manufacturing) To dispose of too many items because of too-high criteria of inspection.
- To do something excessive to achieve a goal.
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Examples of "overkill" in Sentences
- This is overkill in the extreme.
- The dozens of links is overkill.
- The tag at the top was overkill.
- In a way, it's grotesque overkill.
- This proposal is overkill for that.
- Or would this be overkill and killjoy
- The section is overkill in the extreme.
- Calling a second photo overkill is overkill.
- There's already too much overkill and superfluity in that field.
- The description of the proponents is overkill, and the paragraph is unbalanced.
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