OVERKILL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
   Hypernyms(s) overkill is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
   • elbow grease (what does elbow grease mean?)
   • exertion (what does exertion mean?)
   • travail (what does travail mean?)
   • sweat (what does sweat mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
   Hypernyms(s) overkill is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • capability (what does capability mean?)
   • capableness (what does capableness mean?)