English-Finnish translations for overkill

• liika
  Välillä oli niin kuuma, että oli riisuttava liiat vaatteet.
  liika on aina liikaa
  liikavarvas
• liioittelu

Definition of overkill

• A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons
• An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection
• To destroy something with more force than is required

Examples

• 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill
• Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill?

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• discover
• self-government
• poverty
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• Hanover
• coverage
• turnover
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