Overkill
noun'oʊvər,kɪl
Noun
any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
Type of:SweatTravailEffortthe capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
Type of:CapablenessCapability
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