The fiscal austerity may lead to an overkill of the economy.
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Overkill
/ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl/
Synonyms for "overkill" (107 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
aggrandizementaggravated assaultaggressionamphibious attackamplificationarmed assaultassailingassailmentassaultattackballyhoobanzai attackbig talkblitzblitzkriegblowing upbreakthroughburlesquecaricaturecharge
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Strong matches (32)
coup de maincrippling attackdead set atdescent ondilatationdilationdiversiondiversionary attackdriveenhancementenlargementexaggeratingexaggerationexcessexorbitanceexpansionextravaganceextremefatflank attack
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frontal attackgas attackgrandiloquencehead-on attackheighteninghucksteringhyperbolehyperbolisminfiltrationinflation
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
excessive use of force
Related words (53)
inordinacylightning attacklightning warmagnificationmass attackmegadeathmuggingoffenseoffensiveonsetonslaughtoverabundanceoveremphasisoverestimationoverflowovermuchoverplusoverstatementpanzer warfareplethora
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prodigalityprofusenesspufferypuffing uppushrun againstrun atrushsallysensationalismshock tacticssortiestretchingstrikesuperfluitysuperlativesurfeitsurplussurplusagetall talktoutingtravestyunprovoked assault
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesactionactivitybehaviorcapabilitycapablenessdesign practiceeffortelbow greaseengineering practiceexcessexcessive detailexertionmethodologysweattravail
More specific
10 entriesbureaucratic overkilldesign overkillmilitary overkillover elaborationoverdesignoveremphasizeoverengineeringoverexertoverwhelmverbose exposition
Collocations
11 entriesbudget overkillcost overkilldesign overkillmilitary overkilloverkill approachoverkill designoverkill measureoverkill responseoverkill scenariooverkill tacticpolicy overkill
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 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?
Source: tatoeba (7258121)
Doing it that way would be overkill.
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Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.