overkill
Example Sentences
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Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 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
And transferring that kind of wealth to a man worth nearly a half-trillion dollars already seems like overkill, though Musk insisted Wednesday that his aim isn’t about the money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The tanks are overkill for just the five of us.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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