Overkill may refer to: * Overkill (term), the use of excessive force or action to achieve a goal * Surplus killing, when a predator kills more prey than it can eat *

Overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, 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 replenish. The term app ...

, 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 stock), resulting in th ...

Overkill hypothesis The Quaternary period (from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present) has seen the extinctions of numerous predominantly megafaunal species, which have resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity and the extinction of key ecolog ...

, 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 X-Statix are a team of mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was specifically designed to be media superstars. The team, created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred, first appears in ''X-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), an American thrash metal band from New Jersey ** ''Overkill'' (EP) an EP by the New Jersey band, or the title song *

Overkill L.A. Overkill L.A. or SST Overkill is a hardcore punk/speed metal band started in 1980 in Los Angeles and which recorded two records on SST Records and some tracks on compilations. The band started as Overkill but they were rechristened Overkill L. ...

, 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'', 2007

Television and film

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

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, 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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