Overkill synonyms
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excessive force
In criminal law, the unjustified use of force, determined by the circumstances.
The killing of a human being, esp. in a brutal manner
needless slaughter
The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
carnage (related)
Massive slaughter, as in war; a massacre.
destruction (related)
Destruction is defined as the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something.
Excess of a corporation's net assets over the face value of its capital stock.
Find another word for overkill. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for overkill, like: excessive force, slaughter, needless slaughter, extermination, genocide, carnage, destruction, excessive and surplus.