overkill
Example Sentences
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Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
It feels a bit like overkill if you’re just a little sleepy.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025
The comedic overkill of the insult is on purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
She left partly because she was ordering a lot of tests that seemed like overkill.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
To Deloria’s way of thinking, not only overkill but the entire Clovis-first theory is a theoretical Rube Goldberg device.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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