overkill
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overkill(
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vuhr
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kihl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (excess)
a. el exceso (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The recipe called for lemon zest, but it turns out that using the entire lemon peel was overkill.La receta pedía peladura de limón, pero resulta que usar toda la cáscara fue un exceso.
b. la exageración (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Dani is a whistle-blower. Accusing him of treason is overkill.Dani es un soplón, pero acusarlo de traición es una exageración.
2. (military)
a. la sobrecapacidad de exterminación (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The president wants to drop a nuclear bomb on them. - You have to convince him that that degree of overkill will have blowback.El presidente quiere lanzarles una bomba nuclear. - Tienes que convencerle de que tal sobrecapacidad de exterminación traerá consecuencias.
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