Similar words: jerkily, jerkin, spill over, jerking, over the hill, overdue bill, hyperkinetic, martin luther king. Meaning: n. 1. the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required 2. any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal.
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1 Such security measures may well be overkill.
2 More television coverage of the election would be overkill.
3 There is a danger of overkill if you plan everything too carefully.
4 It was surely overkill to screen three interviews on the same subject in one evening.
5 It had made the fatal error of overkill.
6 Animators now face a dilemma of technology overkill.
7 Many felt that the money spent amounted to overkill, and that a cheaper, less glossy advertising campaign would have been just as effective.
8 It is the blatant political overkill of their foes, in fact, that may save the First Couple from themselves.
9 The outfit was cute, but the accessories were overkill.
10 That is enough, anymore is just overkill.
11 That's enough, anymore just overkill.
12 That's overkill; she dressed up like a princess for the party.
13 This is probably overkill for such a small example,(www.Sentencedict.com) but it will prove a point.
14 The feature is certainly overkill for normal users, but there are those who appreciate such flexibility.
15 This may seem tedious and a bit of overkill for such a small function, but the value of the comments to a novice shell scripter or someone just looking at the function can be invaluable.
16 It is overkill to politicize the issue and link it to China-US relations or even to China's international image.
17 Should I add an explanation, or would that be overkill?
18 Some fear that if Mr Mieno delays much longer, he risks overkill.
19 As with so many other aspects of the practical implementation of the Act, there is here the real potential for overkill.
20 More psychologists were brought in to assess Mr X, who must by this time have been suffering from IQ test overkill.
21 Of course, it's a serious disaster, but some of these sensational newspaper reports are just overkill.
22 Take it easy for you're in danger of going overkill and boring people rigid with your long winded tales.
23 Public concern about the fate of the planet suffers from overkill.
24 The coverage of the trial is a clear example of media overkill.
25 The Pro Q really gives some interesting tonal variations to the sounds generated by the preamp but it does smack of overkill.
26 Throughout Britain, thousands of teenagers, offered a rude purgative to royal overkill, chorused a noisy amen.
27 She has beautiful eyes, but the make - up was overkill.
28 We do not desire excessive forces, or what some people have called overkill.
29 However, for some applications, lots of grids and poles may be overkill.
30 If you have a three page web site, Zope is overkill.
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