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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.
verb
    tr & intr
    1. To practise overkill against, or subject someone or something to, overkill.
Etymology: 1940s.



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