overkill
Example Sentences
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Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
But I would agree with Williams that it was probably overkill.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
It’s not overkill; it’s future-you leaving breadcrumbs for next year’s you.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
She left partly because she was ordering a lot of tests that seemed like overkill.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
The Berkeley geographer Carl Sauer first brought up overkill in the 1930s, he said.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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