overkill

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈəʊvərkɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈoʊvɚˌkɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ō′vər kil′)

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overkill ninformal, figurative ([sth] excessive)exceso nm
  exageración nf
 Those signs and billboards are overkill; there is one every two hundred feet on the highway!
 Esos carteles son un exceso. ¡Hay uno cada doscientos metros en la autopista!
overkill n(large nuclear capability)capacidad nuclear excesiva loc nom f
 The cold war led to an enormous degree of nuclear overkill.
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