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OVERKILL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for OVERKILL?

Need another word that means the same as “overkill”? Find 9 synonyms for “overkill” in this overview.

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The synonyms of “Overkill” are: excess, overabundance, superabundance, profusion, glut, surfeit, surplus, superfluity, more than enough

Overkill as a Noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “overkill” as a noun can have the following definitions:

Excessive use, treatment, or action.
The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required.
Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal.
The amount by which destruction or the capacity for destruction exceeds what is necessary.

excess	Excessive indulgence. As regards other cancers in this age group there is a small excess* during 1984 90.*
glut	An excessively abundant supply of something. There is a glut* of cars on the market.*
more than enough	English statesman who opposed Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state.
overabundance	A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. The country suffers from an overabundance* of laws.*
profusion	The property of being extremely abundant. A rich profusion* of flowers.*
superabundance	A quantity that is more than what is appropriate.
superfluity	An unnecessary thing. They thought the garrison a superfluity.
surfeit	An illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking. A surfeit* of food and drink.*
surplus	An excess of income or assets over expenditure or liabilities in a given period, typically a financial year. Exports of food surpluses.