overkillo‧ver‧kill /ˈəʊvəkɪl $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun [uncountable] 
Examples
More television coverage of the election would be overkill.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Many felt that the money spent amounted to overkill, and that a cheaper, less glossy advertising campaign would have been just as effective.
- Of course, it's a serious disaster, but some of these sensational newspaper reports are just overkill.
- The coverage of the trial is a clear example of media overkill.
- Animators now face a dilemma of technology overkill.
- It had made the fatal error of overkill.
- It is the blatant political overkill of their foes, in fact, that may save the First Couple from themselves.
- Public concern about the fate of the planet suffers from overkill.
- Some fear that if Mr Mieno delays much longer, he risks overkill.
- Take it easy for you're in danger of going overkill and boring people rigid with your long winded tales.
- The Pro Q really gives some interesting tonal variations to the sounds generated by the preamp but it does smack of overkill.
Longman Language Activatortoo much or too many► too much
Word family use this about amounts or costs: · Jim drinks too much.· That kid talks too much.· You spend too much time worrying about things.far/way too much: · I'm sure my parents paid way too much for the land.· The surveys took up far too much time, and they were difficult to understand.too much for: · There was too much baggage for one person to carry.
► too many use this about number of people or things: · I've brought some more chairs - I hope I didn't bring too many.· She can't come - she says she has too many things to do.far/way too many: · Far too many postgraduate students never finish their projects once begun.too many for: · There were too many bags for one person to carry.
► an excess of formal too much of something: · an excess of alcohol· An excess of fertilizer is harmful to trees and other garden plants.
► glut a situation in which there is too much of a product available at a particular time, which often results in the price of the product being cut: glut of: · A glut of bonds on the market pushed prices down.· When there is a glut of milk more products like yoghurt are made.
► too much of a good thing if you say that something is too much of a good thing , you mean that it would be good in small amounts but you have too much of it: · Many Koreans believe that the rush of foreign products may be too much of a good thing.· Getting six boxes of chocolates for my birthday was really too much of a good thing.
► excessive use this about an amount, cost, or level which is much too high, especially when you think it is wrong or unfair that it is so high: · The campaign is trying to stop the excessive use of chemicals in farming.· $10 for two cups of coffee seems excessive.· As usual, the opposition claims the government is guilty of excessive spending.
► inordinate formal much more than is reasonable, especially when this is unfair to other people or means that other things are not given enough attention: · Scientists have been criticized for devoting an inordinate amount of time to research on animals.· a man of inordinate ambition
► overkill a situation in which something is done so much that it is no longer interesting or effective: · Of course, it's a serious disaster, but some of these sensational newspaper reports are just overkill.· Many felt that the money spent amounted to overkill, and that a cheaper, less glossy advertising campaign would have been just as effective.
WORD FAMILYnounkilloverkillkillerkillingadjectivekillerverbkill
more of something than is necessary or desirable: More television coverage of the election would be overkill.