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overkill

[oh-ver-kil] / ˈoʊ vərˌkɪl /






















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For me, it happens often enough that this approach feels less like overkill and more like mercy.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 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 is the worst but certainly not the only instance of overkill, to put it plainly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Sometimes, the mechanisms used for overkill are immunologic, but often, as in the limulus model, they are more primitive kinds of memory.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas