overkill
noun
1. the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
Definition categories: attribute, capability, capableness
2. any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
Definition categories: act, effort, exertion, sweat, travail
Sentences with overkill as a noun:
- 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill.
- Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill?
verb
1. (transitive) To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.