Overkilled vs Overfilled - What's the difference?
overkilled | overfilled |
(overkill)
(literally) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
(idiomatic) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
As verbs the difference between overkilled and overfilled
is that overkilled is past tense of overkill while overfilled is past tense of overfill.overkilled
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Verb
(head)overkill
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Noun
(-)- 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill .
- Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill ?