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overkill

/'oʊvər,kɪl/

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noun
any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
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type of:
elbow grease sweat travail effort exertion
noun
the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
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type of:
capableness capability

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effort sweat capability exertion travail elbow grease capableness