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overkill

(oʊvəʳkɪl)
uncountable noun
You can say that something is overkill when you think that there is more of it than is necessary or appropriate.
Every time I switch on the TV, there's football. It's overkill.
Such security measures may well be overkill.

overkill in British English

(ˈəʊvəˌkɪl)
noun
1. 
the capability to deploy more weapons, esp nuclear weapons, than is necessary to ensure military advantage
2. 
any capacity or treatment that is greater than that required or appropriate

overkill in American English

(ˈoʊvərˌkɪl)
US
noun
1. 
the capacity of a nation's nuclear weapon stockpile to kill many times the total population of any given nation
2. 
much more of something than is necessary, appropriate, etc.; esp., an excess of effort in attempting to achieve some end

Examples of 'overkill' in a sentence
overkill

All the coverage of the snow chaos was complete overkill.
The Sun (2010)
One danger in the new approach is regulatory overkill on the banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But regulatory overkill is the last thing we need.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is time to recognise that regulatory overkill represents a serious potential threat to jobs in this country.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most of our unique regulatory overkill is made in Whitehall.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some of the medicine may have been overkill, but within weeks it was working.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I tend stick to two or three accent colours to avoid overkill.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But let's hope it's complete overkill and we have no problems.
The Sun (2012)
But while changes are clearly necessary, a new threat now looms: regulatory overkill.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But by the time you've finished reading this, they may well have reached overkill.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I think the happiest relationships are when you only meet for a couple of hours a day, and then you avoid the overkill of pointless questions.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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