OVERKILL
Dictionary entry overview: What does overkill mean? • OVERKILL (noun)
The noun OVERKILL has 2 senses:
1. the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
2. any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
Familiarity information: OVERKILL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERKILL (noun)
Meaning:
The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("overkill" is a kind of...):
capability; capableness (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Meaning:
Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("overkill" is a kind of...):
effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)
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