overkill
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
Types & categories
- capability hypernym
Sense 2 noun
any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
Types & categories
- elbow grease hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | capability |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | elbow grease |