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overkill

[oh-ver-kil] / ˈoʊ vərˌkɪl /






















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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

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

This may seem like overkill, but the strategy helped Joy and her husband pay off $300,000 in debt within three years and retire by age 40.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

The Berkeley geographer Carl Sauer first brought up overkill in the 1930s, he said.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann