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Overkill

Overkill Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Overkill? [n] any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal [n] the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required Synonyms \| Synonyms for Overkill: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Overkill: aggrandizement \| aggravated assault \| aggression \| amphibious attack \| amplification \| armed assault \| assailing \| assailment \| assault \| attack \| ballyhoo \| banzai attack \| big talk \| blitz \| blitzkrieg \| blowing up \| breakthrough \| burlesque \| caricature \| charge \| counterattack \| counteroffensive \| coup de main \| crippling attack \| dead set at \| descent on \| dilatation \| dilation \| diversion \| diversionary attack \| drive \| enhancement \| enlargement \| exaggerating \| exaggeration \| excess \| exorbitance \| expansion \| extravagance \| extreme \| flank attack \| frontal attack \| gas attack \| grandiloquence \| head-on attack \| heightening \| huckstering \| hyperbole \| hyperbolism \| infiltration \| inflation \| inordinacy \| lightning attack \| lightning war \| magnification \| mass attack \| megadeath \| mugging \| offense \| offensive \| onset \| onslaught \| overabundance \| overemphasis \| overestimation \| overflow \| overmuch \| overplus \| overstatement \| panzer warfare \| plethora \| prodigality \| profuseness \| puffery \| puffing up \| push \| run against \| run at \| rush \| sally \| sensationalism \| shock tactics \| sortie \| stretching \| strike \| superfluity \| superlative \| surfeit \| surplus \| surplusage \| tall talk \| touting \| travesty \| unprovoked assault See Also \| capability \| capableness \| effort \| elbow grease \| exertion \| sweat \| travail

Overkill Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overkill?

[n] any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
[n] the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

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