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Overkill

nounid 100266·updated May 18, 2026
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any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal

polysemous

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

plural
Overkills
possessive
Overkill's
pluralpossessive
Overkills'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
§2
the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons than are required
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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