Sentence examples for the overkill from inspiring English sources
verb
To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.
But let's leave the overkill to Mr. Seifert.
My objection is to the overkill in the actual staging.
The geoscientist Paul S. Martin called this extinction theory the overkill hypothesis.
Next, Ruth feigns surprise at the overkill inflicted on her husband.
When Orestes finally pumps five bullets into Aegisthus, even the overkill gets a chuckle.
He blames it for the overkill of fusion, with Asian ingredients used wildly and inappropriately.
They're generally not as gory as the "Overkills," but still on the sadistic side of gaming cutscenes.
It's the (only) game that so briefly got me thirsty for blood – and the "Overkills" remain more funny than offensive.
It's the (only) game that so briefly got me thirsty for blood and the "Overkills" remain more funny than offensive.
(Dickinson condemns the "wasteful overkill" of the great room, while acknowledging that the formal living room-dining room idea is a nonstarter for most people).
It eliminates the graphic overkill of the former installation; sets out work with an easily graspable logic; and over all shows the African holdings to decent advantage.
