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Definition of Overkill
1. Noun. The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required.
2. Noun. Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal.
Definition of Overkill
1. Noun. (literally) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overkill
1. to destroy with more nuclear force than required [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overkill
Literary usage of Overkill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less by Al Gore (1994)
"STEP 5: ELIMINATING REGULATORY overkill Reinventing our budget, personnel and
procurement systems will strip away much—but not all—of the red tape that ..."
2. Soviet Military Policy Since World War II by Richard Felix Staar (1986)
"When this factor is taken into account, the overkill shown in Table 29 becomes
... Such gross overkill of soft targets contradicts not only the tenets of ..."
3. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force by Robert Frank Futrell (1989)
"Lemnitzer was not as adamant on the subject of overkill as his predecessor had
been: he recognized that the development of highly effective Soviet ..."
4. New Jersey as a Colony and as a State: One of the Original Thirteen by Francis Bazley Lee (1902)
"Among the farmers of the overkill Neighborhood road, upon the night of ...
Between overkill Neighborhood and Cornwallis's camp there were two roads, ..."
5. Punitive Damages: Tort Reform & Fda Defenses: Hearings Before the Committee edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"3 This "overkill" can occur whenever a large group of claims arise including,
for example, claims against blood banks, hospitals, volunteer organizations or ..."
6. International Tax Issues Relating to Globalization: Hearing Before the edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"I think another scalpel should be taken to the alternative minimum tax which I
believe that my opinion in 1986 when it was passed was overkill at that time. ..."
7. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"A Case of overkill After almost two years of meetings a plan was finally presented
to the media and the public. It was gargantuan in scope and mind-boggling ..."
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