DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
overkill
/'oʊvər,kɪl/ · oʊvərkɪl
Overkill has 3 syllables: o · ver · kill.
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noun. Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal.
noun. The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required.
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