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Overkill is the first novel by the New Zealand writer Vanda Symon. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was first published in March 2007 in New Zealand, by Penguin Books . [ 4 ]
A stoat surplus killing chipmunks (Ernest Thompson Seton, 1909) Multiple sheep killed by a cougar. Surplus killing, also known as excessive killing, henhouse syndrome, [1] [2] or overkill, [3] 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 the remainder.
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
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 .
Overkill was a Marvel UK anthology published during the 1990s, deliberately designed as a Marvel equivalent to 2000AD.. Originally there was an editorially-directed policy of no Marvel US superheroes appearing in Overkill (meaning it could only reprint 11 pages of each Marvel UK story, excising 11 that had deliberate US guest-stars) - market research indicated this was counter-productive and ...
It can refer to anything seen as excessive, overtly complex and "showy", providing redundant overkill in features and attachments, grossness in quantity and quality, or the tendency to add and accumulate to excess. Novelist John Barth defines literary maximalism through the medieval Roman Catholic Church's opposition between "two...roads to grace":
This type of overkill should be resolved by merging all of the citations into a single one and stripping unhelpful repetitions – when possible, the retained citation should be the originator of the content rather than a reprinter or aggregator, but if this is not possible (e.g. some wire service articles) then retain the most reliable and ...
WP:UNDERKILL says "Citation overkill" only occurs when many (often weak) sources are used to support the same statement, in order to give a false sense of authority. Using as many sources as you need to ensure verifiability is not overkill. You can add a sentence or two to Wikipedia:Citation overkill (contrary opinions) or make a proposal here ...