OVERKILL

overkill

(noun) any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal

overkill

(noun) the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

overkill (uncountable)

(literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.

(by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.

(manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.

Antonym: underkill

Verb

overkill (third-person singular simple present overkills, present participle overkilling, simple past and past participle overkilled)

(transitive) To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.

(manufacturing) To dispose of too many items because of too high criteria of inspection.

Antonym: underkill

To do something excessive to achieve a goal.

Source: Wiktionary

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