- overkill⇄noun 1. the act or process of overkilling.
2. the capacity of a force or weapon to cause greater destruction than necessary.
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- overkill⇄v.i., v.t. to destroy with greater force or damage than necessary.
Ex. A missile with a single enormous warhead is a lousy weapon. It overkills at the center (Stewart Alsop).