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overkill

[oh-ver-kil] / ˈoʊ vərˌkɪl /






















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This may be overkill, but if you have millions of dollars, a “dynasty trust” allows you to control assets over multiple generations.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

The overkill hits its nadir when the Bride repeatedly wails the survivors’ hashtag, “Me too!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Defenders of the overkill hypothesis reply: you would hardly expect to find kill sites if the extermination was completed very quickly and long ago, such as within a few millennia some 40,000 years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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