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overkill

['əuvəkɪl]

сущ.
1. перегиб, крайность; излишество
2. массовое убийство; масштабное разрушение
3. воен. многократное уничтожение
гл.; воен.
многократно уничтожать (с помощью ядерного оружия), применять оружие избыточной мощности

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

overkill

(тж overkill kill capacity)

воен, полит многократное уничтожение
перен чрезмерная ответная реакция

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Examples from texts

For many systems, running ntpd is overkill.
На подавляющем большинстве компьютеров используется лишь незначительная часть возможностей, предоставляемых ntpd.
Smith, Roderick W. / Advanced Linux NetworkingСмит, Родерик В. / Сетевые средства Linux
Сетевые средства Linux
Смит, Родерик В.
© Издательский дом "Вильямс", 2003
© 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Advanced Linux Networking
Smith, Roderick W.
© 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Annie raised an eyebrow. “Overkill?”
Энни подняла бровь: — Убийство в состоянии аффекта?
Robinson, Peter / Piece Of My HeartРобинсон, Питер / Растерзанное сердце
Растерзанное сердце
Робинсон, Питер
© 2006 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.
© А. Капанадзе, перевод на русский язык, 2010
© ООО "Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2010 Издательство Иностранка
Piece Of My Heart
Robinson, Peter
© 2006 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.

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'əuvəkɪlNounперегиб; крайность; излишествоExamples

That would be overkill. — Это было бы излишне.

User translations

Noun

1.
перебор
translation added by Siberian GRemlin
2

The part of speech is not specified

1.
переусердствовать с чем-л
translation added by Валерий Коротоношко
Gold en-ru
1
2.
применять оружие/ средства поражения избыточной мощности (особенно ядерное)
(воен.) быть достаточным для многократного уничтожения (живой силы, техники)
translation added by ` AL
Gold en-ru
1
3.
многократно уничтожать
translation added by Талгат Мырзаханов
Gold en-ru
2

Collocations

marketing overkill

маркетинговый перебор

marketing overkill

эффект маркетингового перебора

capacity for reciprocal overkill

способность обоюдного многократного уничтожения

nuclear overkill capacity

способность многократного ядерного уничтожения

overkill capability

способность многократного уничтожения

overkill nuclear capacity

способность многократного ядерного уничтожения

Word forms

overkill

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	overkill	overkills
Possessive case	overkill's	overkills'

overkill

verb

Basic forms
Past	overkilled
Imperative	overkill
Present Participle (Participle I)	overkilling
Past Participle (Participle II)	overkilled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I overkill	we overkill
you overkill	you overkill
he/she/it overkills	they overkill

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am overkilling	we are overkilling
you are overkilling	you are overkilling
he/she/it is overkilling	they are overkilling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have overkilled	we have overkilled
you have overkilled	you have overkilled
he/she/it has overkilled	they have overkilled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been overkilling	we have been overkilling
you have been overkilling	you have been overkilling
he/she/it has been overkilling	they have been overkilling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I overkilled	we overkilled
you overkilled	you overkilled
he/she/it overkilled	they overkilled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was overkilling	we were overkilling
you were overkilling	you were overkilling
he/she/it was overkilling	they were overkilling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had overkilled	we had overkilled
you had overkilled	you had overkilled
he/she/it had overkilled	they had overkilled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been overkilling	we had been overkilling
you had been overkilling	you had been overkilling
he/she/it had been overkilling	they had been overkilling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will overkill	we shall/will overkill
you will overkill	you will overkill
he/she/it will overkill	they will overkill

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be overkilling	we shall/will be overkilling
you will be overkilling	you will be overkilling
he/she/it will be overkilling	they will be overkilling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have overkilled	we shall/will have overkilled
you will have overkilled	you will have overkilled
he/she/it will have overkilled	they will have overkilled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been overkilling	we shall/will have been overkilling
you will have been overkilling	you will have been overkilling
he/she/it will have been overkilling	they will have been overkilling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would overkill	we should/would overkill
you would overkill	you would overkill
he/she/it would overkill	they would overkill

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be overkilling	we should/would be overkilling
you would be overkilling	you would be overkilling
he/she/it would be overkilling	they would be overkilling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have overkilled	we should/would have overkilled
you would have overkilled	you would have overkilled
he/she/it would have overkilled	they would have overkilled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been overkilling	we should/would have been overkilling
you would have been overkilling	you would have been overkilling
he/she/it would have been overkilling	they would have been overkilling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am overkilled	we are overkilled
you are overkilled	you are overkilled
he/she/it is overkilled	they are overkilled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being overkilled	we are being overkilled
you are being overkilled	you are being overkilled
he/she/it is being overkilled	they are being overkilled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been overkilled	we have been overkilled
you have been overkilled	you have been overkilled
he/she/it has been overkilled	they have been overkilled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was overkilled	we were overkilled
you were overkilled	you were overkilled
he/she/it was overkilled	they were overkilled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being overkilled	we were being overkilled
you were being overkilled	you were being overkilled
he/she/it was being overkilled	they were being overkilled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been overkilled	we had been overkilled
you had been overkilled	you had been overkilled
he/she/it had been overkilled	they had been overkilled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be overkilled	we shall/will be overkilled
you will be overkilled	you will be overkilled
he/she/it will be overkilled	they will be overkilled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been overkilled	we shall/will have been overkilled
you will have been overkilled	you will have been overkilled
he/she/it will have been overkilled	they will have been overkilled

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

overkill

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overkill

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Word forms

overkill

overkill

The Universal Dictionary
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