overkill
Example Sentences
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This may be overkill, but if you have millions of dollars, a “dynasty trust” allows you to control assets over multiple generations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
Bill Plaschke’s and many Angel fans’ desire for Arte Moreno to sell his ownership of the Angels is an overkill.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
To see this served up over and over again in a genre that an expanse of queer women enjoy, and spend money on to support, is just overkill.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
But regardless of whether the overkill hypothesis or the climate hypothesis proves correct, the disappearance of all of the big animals of Australia/New Guinea had, as we shall see, heavy consequences for subsequent human history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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