- overkill
- o|ver|kill [ `ouvər,kıl ] noun uncountmore of something than is needed or wanted:I did think that four hours of speeches amounted to overkill.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Overkill — For other uses, see Overkill (disambiguation). Overkill is the use of excessive force or action that goes further than is necessary to achieve its goal, most commonly in Zack McGuire s Mouth A nuclear land mine is an example of overkill … Wikipedia
Overkill — Over|kill 〈[ oʊvə(r) ] m. 6〉 Vorrat an Waffen, der über die Menge hinausgeht, die zur Vernichtung des Gegners notwendig wäre [zu engl. over „über“ + kill „töten“] * * * Over|kill [ oʊvɐkɪl ], der; [s] [engl. overkill, aus: over = über, darüber… … Universal-Lexikon
