overkill
Example Sentences
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Expensive GPU-filled servers were overkill, and data-center customers mostly bought CPU servers to run websites, databases, applications, and other traditional workloads.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The overkill hits its nadir when the Bride repeatedly wails the survivors’ hashtag, “Me too!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Still, the assembled armada seems overkill for that goal.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
The tanks are overkill for just the five of us.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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