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
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
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
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
