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An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal

The use of embellishment in one's expression

An act of doing or representing in an excessive manner

To destroy something with more force than is required

Excessive in degree or amount

That has been described as greater or better than it actually is

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Noun

An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal

too much of a good thing

something extra

more than enough

oversufficiency

superfluousness

enough and to spare

lack of restraint

extreme behavior

embarrassment of riches

surplusage. superabundance

extravagantness

additional things

additional people

intemperateness

more … than one can shake a stick at

overconsumption

unrestrained bout

ton^US

enormous amount

complete series

high concentration

overwhelming number

substantial quantity

massive quantity

considerable volume

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“We always want to have an overkill of hay. Every year is a new year. You just don't know what the next year is going to bring.”

Noun

The use of embellishment in one's expression

dramatisation^UK

dramatization^US

aggrandisement^UK

aggrandizement^US

heavy-handedness

overegging the pudding

overdramatization

pretentiousness

over-embellishment

over-elaboration

gilding the lily

stretching of the truth

mountain out of molehill

laying it on thick

flight of fancy

figure of speech

blowing up out of all proportion

making a big thing out of something

misrepresentation

yellow journalism

tabloid journalism

self-aggrandizing

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“Gregg indulges in overkill in his description of the plant.”

Noun

An act of doing or representing in an excessive manner

Verb

To destroy something with more force than is required

“We find just such a moment in the first Predator film, where the platoon's display of acute profligacy with their ammunition in an attempt to overkill the predator is only matched by the director's desire to overspend his budget.”

Adjective

Excessive in degree or amount

overextravagant

disproportionate

recrementitious

out of all proportion

out of proportion

surplus to requirements

excessively high

beyond the pale

blown up out of all proportion

over one's head

untrammelled^UK

of considerable size

root-and-branch

extremely large

larger-than-life

taking the cake

spreading like wildfire

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

through the ceiling

more than enough

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Adjective

That has been described as greater or better than it actually is

overemphasised^UK

overemphasized^US

sensationalistic

highly coloured

larger-than-life

out of proportion

disproportionate

attention-grabbing

over-enthusiastic

beyond the pale

hyperventilated

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

overextravagant

blown out of proportion

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