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Overkill (term) Overkill is the use of excessive force or action that goes further than what is necessary to achieve its goal. It may be a literal term referring to physical damage, though it is also used in colloquial conversation as a metaphor. Nuclear weapons ...

, the use of excessive force or action to achieve a goal *

Surplus killing Surplus killing, also known as excessive killing, henhouse syndrome, or overkill, is a common behavior exhibited by predators, in which they kill more prey than they can immediately eat and then they either cache or abandon the remainder. The t ...

, when a predator kills more prey than it can eat *

Overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to ...

, depletion of a natural resource through overharvesting **

Overfishing Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally (i.e. the overexploitation of the fishery's existing Fish stocks, fish stock), resu ...

Overkill hypothesis The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw the extinction of the majority of the world's megafauna, typically defined as animal species having body masses over , which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity acro ...

, a proposed cause of Quaternary extinction

Characters

* Overkill (''G.I. Joe''), a character in the G.I. Joe universe *

Overkill (Transformers) ''The Transformers'' is an animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in Broadcast syndication, syndication based upon Hasbro and Takara's Transformers (toy line), ''Transformers'' toy line. ...

, a character in the Transformers universe * Overkill, a character in the Marvel Comics O-Force team * Scarlet Overkill, main antagonist in '' Minions'' (2015 film)

Literature

* ''Overkill'' (comic book), a British comics anthology * ''Overkill'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Vanda Symon * ''Overkill'', a 1966 spy novel by William Garner * ''Overkill'', a 2001 true crime book by Lyn Riddle about the 1991 murder of Laurie Show

Music

Overkill (band) Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many lineup changes, leaving bassist D.D. Verni and lead vocalist Bobby Ellsworth, Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth as the only remaining original members. Th ...

, an American thrash metal band from New Jersey ** ''Overkill'' (EP) an EP by the New Jersey band, or the title song * Overkill L.A., originally Overkill, an American speed metal/hardcore band from Los Angeles * ''Overkill'' (Motörhead album), a 1979 album by Motörhead ** "Overkill" (Motörhead song), 1979 * ''Overkill'' (Savant album), 2013 * "Overkill" (Men at Work song), 1983 * "Overkill", a song by

Holly Humberstone Holly Ffion Humberstone (born 17 December 1999) is an English singer-songwriter from Grantham, England. In 2021, she signed a recording contract with Interscope and Polydor Records. Her first extended play (EP) following the signings, '' The Wal ...

, 2020 * "Overkill", a song by Kosheen from ''

Damage Damage is any change in a thing, often a physical object, that degrades it away from its initial state. It can broadly be defined as "changes introduced into a system that adversely affect its current or future performance".Farrar, C.R., Sohn, H., ...

'', 2007 * "Overkill", a song by

MC Cheung Michael Cheung Tin-fu (born 1 December 1996), better known by his stage name MC Cheung Tin-fu, is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He rose to fame as the runner-up in the 2019 talent competition reality show '' King Maker II''. He subsequently ...

from ''This is MC'', 2023

Television and film

* "Overkill" (''Murder Most Horrid''), a television episode * ''Overkill'', a 1987 film directed by

Ulli Lommel Ulli Lommel (21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German Film actor, actor and Film director, director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent ...

Games

* ''Overkill'' (Flying Buffalo), a 1977 role-playing game adventure * ''OverKill'' (video game), a 1992 vertical scrolling shooter * '' The House of the Dead: Overkill'', a 2009 rail shooter gun game *

Overkill Software Overkill Software is a Swedish video game developer based and founded in Stockholm in 2009 by Ulf Andersson (video game designer), Ulf Andersson, Bo Andersson, the founders and owners of defunct game developer Grin (company), Grin, along with Si ...

, a Swedish video game developer * Overkills, finishing moves in the video games ''

Eternal Champions ''Eternal Champions'' is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was one of the few fighting games of its time developed from the ground up as a home console title, rather than being released in arcades first ...

'' and ''Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side''

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