overkill|overkills in English

noun

nuclear capacity that is in excess of what would be needed to defeat an enemy; effort that exceeds a desired goal (especially a military operation involving needless killing); effort that results in less returns (Business); more than necessary, excess (Slang)

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1. More television coverage of the election would be overkill.

2. Ballistic Overkill is a bombastic, brutal, and bullet-filled multiplayer shooter

3. Synonyms for Bellyful include excess, surfeit, superabundance, enough, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill and overmuch

4. • Throughout Britain, thousands of teenagers, offered a rude purgative to royal overkill, Chorused a noisy amen

5. Throughout Britain, thousands of teenagers, offered a rude purgative to royal overkill, chorused a noisy amen.

6. Hyperbolic overkill is a way of taking exaggeration to the absolute ultimate limit, just for the fun of it.

7. Take it easy for you're in danger of going overkill and boring people rigid with your long winded tales.

8. 23 Take it easy for you're in danger of going overkill and boring people rigid with your long winded tales.

9. 8 It is overkill to politicize the issue and link it to China-US relations or even to China's international image.

10. Quoting from a London adman, the article continues: “Eroticism has always been part of the advertiser’s armory, but in France they’re approaching overkill.”

11. Buzzbomb - While wearing the "Cable Guy" outfit, kill 200 enemies using electric melee weapons on the OVERKILL difficulty or above.

12. Buzzbomb: While wearing the "Cable Guy" outfit, kill 200 enemies using electric melee weapons on the OVERKILL difficulty or above

13. Cobian Backup is the most advanced free Backup tool around, and might be overkill for new users, but if you know exactly how you want to configure …

14. Are there circumstances where you would consider Balmorals to be overkill? Would you wear them with a sport coat and odd pants? I've never read hard and fast rules about it …

15. If all plans or projects capable of having any effect whatsoever on the site were to be caught by Article 6(3), activities on or near the site would risk being impossible by reason of legislative overkill.

16. Backern 0 points 1 point 2 points 1 year ago I have a hp spectre x360 13" with: •i7 8550u processor •16gb ram •512gb nvme ssd hd •touch screen with pen capabilities And i can tell you, its totally overkill!