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(literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.

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overkill

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Source Word

overkill

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl/

Noun

literally uncountable broadly

(literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.

Japanese Meaning

必要以上に強大な破壊力。敵を破壊するために必要な力を大幅に超える力、特に核兵器による場合に用いられる。

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Deploying an entire carrier strike group to neutralize a single fishing trawler would be overkill.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

単一の漁船を無力化するために空母打撃群を丸ごと投入するのは、目標を破壊するのに必要なものをはるかに超える破壊力を行使することであり、必要以上の破壊力に当たります。

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(literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.

[The] increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster; […]

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Sense（2）

(literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.

Bodies that have been stabbed or shot multiple times—far beyond what was sufficient to kill the victim (overkill)— suggest that the victim and assailant knew each other, […]

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