overkill Definition
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overkill
noun
- 1. The capability to destroy an enemy using a larger force than is actually needed to win a victory.
2. Action, behaviour or treatment, etc that is far in excess of what is required.
- Thesaurus: excess, exaggeration, overabundance, too much.
- tr & intr
1. To practise overkill against, or subject someone or something to, overkill.
