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
23 June 2024
(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
