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What does overzealous mean?

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Though the meat was fabric-thin and tender, orange peel dominated the sauce like an overzealous church matron, fustily perfumed and bitter.
The overzealous weekend soldiers prevented many of the veterans from getting to the car park next to their meeting room.
If it were not for overzealous councillors, the country would not be worried about the eyesores that pass for townships.
The American Buffalo was brought almost to extinction by overzealous hunters.
At a few other places, overzealous cops were ready with their machinery without realising the changed timings.
Nor is it a charge made possible by the Patriot Act, a simple overzealous attempt to keep America safe.

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