On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Overkill. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as capability or effort and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Overkill in a sentence
Overkill meaning
- A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
- An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
Synonyms of Overkill
Using Overkill
- The main meaning on this page is: A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons. | Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder. | An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
- Useful related words include: capability, capableness, effort, elbow grease.
- In the example corpus, overkill often appears in combinations such as: is overkill, overkill for, like overkill.
Context around Overkill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overkill
- In this selection, "overkill" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, looking, upon, played, cards, album and armor stand out and add context to how "overkill" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an axe overkill is a and band played overkill on top. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overkill" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overkill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anything longer is overkill. (4 words)
Is an 80 Plus Platinum power supply overkill? (8 words)
This was during the Cold War days of ludicrously massive ‘overkill’. (11 words)
A hint of what the band had recorded for the album came on 9 March 1979 when the band played " Overkill " on Top of the Pops to support the release of the single ahead of the Overkill album, which was released on 24 March. (44 words)
Its 15.5kWh power offering is overkill for the vast majority of households, but if you’re a family of five or more (or have several reptile terraria distributed about your home), you might not be far from this level of peak usage. (43 words)
That might not sound like much, but in the coming years as games demand more than 16GB — but where 32GB would be overkill — these new 24GB memory kits are going to be very popular for the cost-cutting they facilitate. (40 words)
Is an 80 Plus Platinum power supply overkill? (8 words)
In fact, you’ll be more likely to hit thermal limits on your CPU cooler than on anything motherboard related—it’s more than overkill! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
One of the worst-looking Overkill cards announced in the set, Arena Patron, is a 5-mana, 3-attack, 3-health minion that summons a new Patron upon overkill.
A hint of what the band had recorded for the album came on 9 March 1979 when the band played " Overkill " on Top of the Pops to support the release of the single ahead of the Overkill album, which was released on 24 March.
Although it looks like an axe, Overkill is a mace available to Barbarians in It is relatively easy to deal increased Overpower damage to enemies when players use this weapon.
Anything longer is overkill.
As a bonus, the cooling performance will often be overkill on the RTX 4070 Ti.
But for now, adding yet another ILB to the room feels like overkill to me.
Granted, you don’t get the RGB party or overkill armor plates on the PCIe area of more expensive motherboards, but that’s fine.
I like watching local news most of the time but the obsession the Pittsburgh news has about crime is overkill.
In fact, you’ll be more likely to hit thermal limits on your CPU cooler than on anything motherboard related—it’s more than overkill!
Is an 80 Plus Platinum power supply overkill?
That might not sound like much, but in the coming years as games demand more than 16GB — but where 32GB would be overkill — these new 24GB memory kits are going to be very popular for the cost-cutting they facilitate.
The central concept is strong, but the play is let down by overkill, especially in not one, but two, graphic depictions of sexual violence.
This duffel is overkill for most instances, but a trip saver when it counts.
This level of care might seem like overkill to some, but if you’ve ever been frustrated with how long your electronics hold a charge, it could be worth the effort.
This was during the Cold War days of ludicrously massive ‘overkill’.
But they'll save you hundreds over midrange and premium laptops that are overkill for what you need.
He criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for removing the petrol subsidy, floating the exchange rate, and increasing the electricity tariff, describing it as “overkill”.
I suppose there is a slim chance Denver would keep five backs on their roster, but that seems like overkill from a team building perspective.
Its 15.5kWh power offering is overkill for the vast majority of households, but if you’re a family of five or more (or have several reptile terraria distributed about your home), you might not be far from this level of peak usage.
Listen to Phil Taylor’s opening double-kick drumming on “Overkill” and you’ll hear what might have inspired a teenage Lars Ulrich.
Common combinations with overkill
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is overkill 8×
- overkill for 8×
- like overkill 6×
- overkill and 5×
- of overkill 5×
- overkill but 5×
- the overkill 4×
- be overkill 3×
- overkill to 3×
- as overkill 3×