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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overkill .
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Examples
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Vehicles like Shuttle-C, Direct, or Jupiter are overkills for commercial payloads or an Orion-class spacecraft (as we learned from the Shuttle experience), while underpowered for attempting to go beyond LEO without multiple EORs and complex assembly procedures.
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch 2009
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However, the Third Reich overkills on this, forcing you to play with lame, underpowered characters like Blackjack and Tricolour for no good reason, which leads to a lot of reloads.
All Giddy 2005
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In our attempts to develop these potentials we should, however, avoid theoretical overkills (3).
Chapter 3 1979
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The only major irritant is that your teammates will target foes already dead for overkills because you targeted them when they were alive, as opposed to targeting living -- and more threatening -- enemies that summon allies or replicate.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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The only major irritant is that your teammates will target foes already dead for overkills because you targeted them when they were alive, as opposed to targeting living -- and more threatening -- enemies that summon allies or replicate.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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This encourages you to focus on elemental spell variety and achieving overkills (that is, pummeling dead monsters) to collect spiritual ether, because running low can be devastating during boss fights.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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The only major irritant is that your teammates will target foes already dead for overkills because you targeted them when they were alive, as opposed to targeting living -- and more threatening -- enemies that summon allies or replicate.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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This encourages you to focus on elemental spell variety and achieving overkills (that is, pummeling dead monsters) to collect spiritual ether, because running low can be devastating during boss fights.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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This encourages you to focus on elemental spell variety and achieving overkills (that is, pummeling dead monsters) to collect spiritual ether, because running low can be devastating during boss fights.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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This encourages you to focus on elemental spell variety and achieving overkills (that is, pummeling dead monsters) to collect spiritual ether, because running low can be devastating during boss fights.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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