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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. An example is kill ...

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

Surplus killing Surplus killing, also known as excessive killing, killing for sport, 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 th ...

, when a predator kills more prey than it can eat * Overexploitation, depletion of a natural resource through overharvesting ** Overfishing ** Overkill hypothesis, 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 American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

, 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 Laurie Show was a 16-year-old sophomore at Conestoga Valley High School who was stalked by her classmates and murdered on December 20, 1991, in the United States. Her body was discovered in her Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home by her mother Hazel S ...

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 "Blitz" Ellsworth as the only constant members. In addition to Verni and El ...

, 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 EP following the signings, ''The Walls Are Way Too ...

, 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

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 actor and director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent time at The Factory and ...

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, Bo Andersson, the founders and owners of defunct game developer Grin, along with Simon Viklund. In 2012, Swedish game studio Starbreez ...

, 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 fi ...

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

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