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overkill

/ˈəʊ.və.kɪl/

/ˈoʊ.vɚ.kɪl/

overkillnoun

Traductions

excès

Bringing a tank to a snowball fight is a bit of an overkill.

Amener un char à une bataille de boules de neige, c’est un peu un excès.

Traductions supplémentaires

surpuissance destructriceMilitaire ; surtout en contexte nucléaire.

démesure

Définitions

The use of excessive force or action that is more than necessary to achieve a goal.

Bringing a tank to a snowball fight is a bit of an overkill.

A situation where more resources or effort are used than are needed, often leading to waste.

The elaborate decorations for the small party seemed like overkill.

In military strategy, especially nuclear warfare, the capacity to destroy an enemy many times over or beyond what is required for victory.

Cold-war arsenals were designed for massive overkill rather than precise strikes.

Synonymes

overkilladjective

more overkill

Comp.

most overkill

Super.

/ˈəʊ.və.kɪl/

/ˈoʊ.vɚ.kɪl/

Used attributively to describe actions or measures that are excessive.

Traductions

excessif

They adopted an overkill approach to securing the venue, hiring three security firms.

Ils ont adopté une approche excessif pour sécuriser le lieu, en engageant trois sociétés de sécurité.

Traductions supplémentaires

disproportionné

Définitions

Excessive; more than what is necessary or appropriate.

They adopted an overkill approach to securing the venue, hiring three security firms.

Synonymes

too much