Overkill
WordNet
noun
(1) Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
(2) The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
- 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill.
- Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill?
Verb
- To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.