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
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
