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— English words —

• overkill n. (Literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially…
• overkill n. (Literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
• overkill n. (By extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
• overkill n. (Manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
• overkill v. (Transitive) To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.
• overkill v. (Manufacturing) To dispose of too many items because of too-high criteria of inspection.
• overkill v. To do something excessive to achieve a goal.

— English words, defined in French —

• overkill n. Capacité destructrice plus que nécessaire pour détruire un ennemi.
• overkill n. (Sens figuré) Excès plus que nécessaire pour atteindre un but ; surpuissance.
• overkill n. (Industrie) Trop d’élimination à cause de trop hauts critères d’inspection.
• overkill v. Détruire avec bien plus de puissance que nécessaire.
• overkill v. (Industrie) Éliminer trop à cause de trop hauts critères d’inspection.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• overkill s. Exagero (em particular no que diz respeito ao poder de fogo de armas).
• overkill v. Sobrematar.

— In German —

• Overkill S. Militär: Zustand, in dem ein oder mehrere Staaten über mehr…
• Overkill S. Umgangssprachlich: übermäßige Versorgung und/oder übermäßiges…
• Overkill S. Kriminologie: Tötungsdelikt mit übermäßig viel Gewalt.

— In Dutch —

• overkill n. Teveel van het goede.

45 English words from 7 English definitions

achieve because because␣of beyond By␣extension capacity criteria destroy Destruction destructive disposal dispose dispose␣of enemy especially exceeds excess excessive extension force goal high inspection items kill Literally Manufacturing many military more murder necessary needed nuclear required something than that too too␣many Transitive unnecessary what whatever with

18 English words from 11 foreign definitions

but cause dem de␣trop diz fogo het inspection nécessaire particular plus pour puissance que Sens trop und van

45 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

à␣cause à␣cause␣de armas atteindre avec bien Capacité critères de␣fogo destructrice détruire ein élimination Éliminer ennemi Exagero Excès figuré Gewalt goede hauts Industrie Kriminologie mehr mehrere Militär mit oder plus␣que poder respeito Sens␣figuré Sobrematar Staaten surpuissance Teveel Tötungsdelikt über übermäßig übermäßige übermäßiges Umgangssprachlich Versorgung viel Zustand

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

overkills overkilled overkilling

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

erk ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. Kil kill Kill over Over over- ver ver.

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ikr IKR rev Rev rev. Rev.

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

loverlike overkills Rockville Yorkville

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Keillor Orville

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

overbill overfill overtill

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