The fiscal austerity may lead to an overkill of the economy.
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Overkill
//ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl//
Synonyms for "overkill" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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More general
7 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesnot has_property
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὑπέρβασις noun (unnecessary excess)
- ὑπερβολή noun (unnecessary excess)
Czech
1 entries- kanón na vrabce noun (unnecessary excess)
Finnish
2 entries- liika noun (unnecessary excess)
- liioittelu noun (unnecessary excess)
French
2 entries- excès noun (unnecessary excess)
- surpuissance noun (unnecessary excess)
German
2 entries- Overkill noun (unnecessary excess)
- Übermaß noun (unnecessary excess)
Greek
2 entries- υπέρβαση noun (unnecessary excess)
- υπερβολή noun (unnecessary excess)
Hungarian
1 entries- ágyúval lő verébre noun (unnecessary excess)
Indonesian
2 entries- berlebih-lebihan noun (unnecessary excess)
- berlebihan noun (unnecessary excess)
Italian
1 entries- eccessivo noun (unnecessary excess)
Polish
1 entries- przesada noun (unnecessary excess)
Portuguese
1 entries- exagero noun (unnecessary excess)
Russian
4 entries- из пу́шки по воробья́м noun (unnecessary excess)
- перебо́р noun (unnecessary excess)
- перевыполнение noun (unnecessary excess)
- переги́б noun (unnecessary excess)
Spanish
4 entries- demasía noun (unnecessary excess)
- desmesura noun (unnecessary excess)
- desmesuramiento noun (unnecessary excess)
- exageración noun (unnecessary excess)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It would be overkill, Tom.
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Isn't that overkill?
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Doing it that way would be overkill.
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